minority. but is also possible that some of these people are leaving because they feel they are being forced to vote on the far-let's plan that doesn't represent their districts? >> that is certainly the likely case. he mentioned the elevated number of retirements. it's a little weird for politicians, being a chair of the committee is kind of fun. you get a lot of power, why did they want to leave? to your point, i think really disturbing for democrats is the announcement of a retirement from someone like representative stephanie murphy. she is in a swing district in florida, she is a younger sort of rising star in the party. she says she wants to spend more time with her family and perhaps that is the case, but you look at that kind of retirement and it suggests that it has become very difficult for a swing district democrat to thrive in a party where the demand is for this kind of massive government