national dialogue about this. a reasonable national conversation where we all come to the table with one goal only, which is saving lives. dan gross from the brady campaign, thank you very much. meanwhile, there was a brief suspension of politics but no more. mitt romney, back on the campaign trail. the president back on the campaign trail today. romney leaves this week for the olympics and for foreign stops in israel and in poland. he is likely to stake out hard line policy, foreign policy positions. joining me now, msnbc analyst and former republican chairman, michael steele. hey, michael. thanks so much. is there a balancing act? there s always the long-standing protocol that candidates don t criticize the president from overseas. right. in habitant of the white house. how does mitt romney handle this going to israel, where he has a very close, long-standing former business relationship with benjamin netanyahu and there s a pretty poisonous relationship despite some denials