totally misguided and would be seen as a desperate attempt to avert failure. david is currently a vice president with the woodrow wilson center, and he joins me now. picking up on senator mccain using pollard for what feels like a small development in the mideast peace process. it seems like a wasted use of a bargaining chip. what do you say? just a word of perspective for you, ronald reagan, h.w. bush, bill clinton and george w. bush, all forced with israeli entreaties to release pollard over the years. they all push for power. and the reality is these presidents have said no. said no on national security grounds. you mentioned, i was at wye river in 98, and tenet was quite emotional, and said it would undermine cia morale. clinton was basically inclined to do it.