says hey, i have ptsd. he's not saying excuse the crime completely. we need to make the distinction. instead he's saying, look, i've already pleaded guilty. >> he's saying give me a break. >> i've done bad. now instead he's saying on the punishment side understand the complete me. here's why i did some things i did. i'm not saying i'm not guilty. i'm clearly guilty. but go a little easier on me. that's the concept of mitigation. and virtually anything can be important to a judge or jury in mitigation. frankly, a defendant in this case who has pleaded guilty and testified against the buddy, that's going to do him better than ptsd. >> i want to only interrupt for a second. i could go on and on all day on this because i have such profound respect for our service members who return and suffer immensely. but i do have to talk about our breaking news because apparently there's a tweet just come in from the justice department. i think this is good news. we've been telling you that eric holder's been hospitalized this morning because of shortness of breath and faintness.