congress? what s why can t more people, not just talk the talk, but walk the walk? listen, there are differences and disagreements of principle. there s several things i ve learned in my first year here. one, out in the real world when people are trying to solve a problem, you start where you agree and work from there. too often in washington, we seem to start where we disagree and stop there. secondly, i think part of the problem is people are in and out of here so quickly, come in, fly in on tuesdays, leave on thursdays, they don t even know each other and we all know in real life it s easier to work with people that you know. it s one of the reasons why john and i are working with our class. we ve had other colleagues, as well, five or six, seven different meetings where we ve gotten together. john and i are sitting tonight at the state of the union we need to focus where we agree and move forward. i hope you consider this to be a compliment. i ve heard you referred to as kind