the next week, et cetera, that may be an issue where john mccain and this president could come together. ron hall game the president mostly, a bunch of categories, he gave the president mostly ds and fs. he gave him an a on don t ask don t tell. he said the president has exerted sound leadership in this area. most of the grades for don t ask don t tell were proetity positive. this is something he got done. people like a winner, even if they re not completely on board with them on the issue. i think part of the reason we saw it finally go through in december during that lake duck session is the public mood has shifted on this, certainly a lot since bill clinton had a very emotional divisive debate about it at the beginning of his presidency. i think attitudes have changed ever so slightly in this country and helped push it through. i think as well last night the president by jumping on something that didn t get a lot of attention, but was a very interesting little note in the speech