point about but it did and people say we should go further. at this juncture progress is probably much more valuable to them assault ban weapons and [ inaudible ] and willing to take it because they know it is a first step towards something they want to do gradual. gradual. michael steele, wall street journal even this morning is saying don t filibuster this deal. again, must tell you, i haven t run into many republicans that are against background checks for criminals. in fact, i had a friend in the party last night, he s got a quote, assault weapon. and he is a huge hunter. of course he came in and was needling me, dianne feinstein, you liberal. i laughed. i said, we are talking about right now, all we are talking about is background checks for criminals, background checks for people with mental health issues