asked tough questions, too, on the politics. they were trying to help her a little bit. where did you go from here? the president came to this town to try to get people to lift their heads, look over the horizon saying when mitt romney's health care plan, a bipartisan plan rolled out, only 123 signed up the first month. now, years later, the public is happy with that program. it was a good try by the president saying the same thing, they have to get through the embarrassing stories. the volume at least in washington will get turned down a bit, because congress is going home. they'll have a chance to restore some faith in this. >> before congress leaves, another deadline i've got to ask you about, december 13th, when this budget conference committee, the selected lawmakers on capitol hill need to come together and need to do something about trying to pass a budget. this was part of the deal after the government shutdown, that we