flake, it would have had the waulg tumbling down. in fact, he s just leaving. that s all. that s all that s happening. yeahel. he got 24 hours of oh, you re awesome, you re so brave, cure ages. of course, he had started this long ago with his book in which he took on the president. he took on the president and won t do it so he wasn t quite sure of his attack plan. well, and then upon realize gs he s not going to be re-elected, he decides to make a stronger statement. but, you know, virtue only lasts about 24 hours in washington, and i think that he s going to now discover that it s a lonely place for the next for the duration of his term. is it your sense that there was a rally that was done organization alley that all the republican leaders like thune and all the rest of them all were called together and say i want positive statements from you about the leadership? because it seems like all were rolling out, including lindsey graham. everybody was ready to go let s rally to