these controversies. republicans have had the hardest time congealing around consistent policy message and i think that s added to the problem, too. republicans are sort of adrift right now both on health care and tax form and agreeing. when you re in the middle of the controversies and temperatures are high, patience is short with people and i think he s just gotten himself into a place where it s just not tenable. for those that would speculate otherwise, let me be clear that i have no aul temoti. but reiterates his decision not to leave the public sector, return to the public sector. he is somebody that has, as you have talked about, been in a precarious position, david. not one of the top allies, i would say, in congress for