and whenever they ask that question the answer seems to be no. from a serious perspective, are there any serious proposals that have come from this white house that are going to be actively considered by republicans on capitol hill? >> look, you never say never in these situations, especially with the president who is this unpredictable. but we have seen this movie before, and while i hesitate to suggest that there's a lot of strategics, there is a sense, and this comes from history, that the further away you get from incidents like this, the further that time passes, the less urgency there is in the political system, not only at the white house, not only on capitol hill, but around the country. people move on, unfortunately. it's a terrible thing. but that's what happens and i think there is a sense that as lynn said, he's throwing sort of all this stuff out, you never quite know where he is, but there is some strategic value to