was because these researchers would come together, share what they have been finding. i was at the aids conference when he was the president, joe plame ran the whole thing. they didn t think they could get aids medicine in africa. he said if they can cool coca-cola with these trucks, we can do this with medicines as well. how can you estimate the impact of that? how many lives were saved as a result of that? how big a blow is this to the research community? for this conference, it s goss to cast a pallor, it s going to be hard to motivate the enthusiasm we ve had in years past.