but the chairman of the foreign relations committee, so you can look at it through a rhetorical and political lens that the message that this sends abroad to allies you can also look at it through a policy lens which is, he chairs a committee that is very powerful in terms of national security and foreign policy issues on the president s agenda, the iran deal if it goes back to congress, and other measures, so that s significant here. whether this encourages other republican senators to speak out is another question. they have not done so. to margaret s point corker is as many people have been saying uncorked because he is not running for re-election again. i think it s really important here on the foreign policy front, what kind of message this sends abroad at a time like this. steve, what do you make of this. here s what i make of it. an irony to this. bob corker shows up for work with his colleagues and gets nothing done. congress has not gotten much done to help the american pe