values of who we are as a nation. are deeply tied up in this bill. you see bills that appeal to this group, or to that group, or to some people who have a specific problem. not this one. this one has it all. and we understand, the only way that it's going to come forward is if all of it goes forward. if the things that all of us have been working on have a chance to be in there and to move forward. and we've got it. we are moving that. it is the very fact that it is big, and complicated. it makes the negotiations hard. but it also means that there is more on the line, and that increases the odds that we are actually going to get this done. >> it's a bit of a theoretical point, but worth exploring here. when you think about how politicians act, when in office. i think there's a bunch of [inaudible] , they have constituents, they