neither the white house nor even the house speaker, his loyal opposition leader, his u.k. parlance, doesn't want to have a disaster on his hand, which is an embarrassing vote in the u.s. that would hurt his credibility. >> one of those who would have supported a vote would have been barack obama. it now doesn't seem as important to him to get that congressional approval. >> i think he's certainly working closely, consulting with congress. you saw him today stress that, you saw secretary kerry stress that. there have been a lot of read-outs from both sides talking about how they just communicated with the president. remember, he still hasn't made the decision. >> phil, campaign issue down the line? syria? you think we'll ever hear about