tower remark was aimed at paul manafort and not don jr. that i find laughable giving the details and specific quotes he had around donald trump jr. but you know, when i looked at his statement today, all i could think of was two words, rebecca mercer. and i think he thought he was more important than he was. he had the time magazine cover, the vanity fair profile, and he thought he was more important, and there was, you know, questionable the extent to which he can still be effective without trump. assuming he and trump don t reconcile, and i do think that s questionable. but he would be unquestionably be uneffective if he didn t have a billionaire backer. i certainly think that the unprecedented as it s been reported statement by rebecca mercer cutting ties with him, i think, i m sure was alarming for him. and gave him pause. gave him a catalyst. absolutely. michael, you worked for speaker boehner. i want to ask you about a part