they don t have to necessarily crow ate their own? true. and there are donations made in honor of members of congress, that are completely unrelated to those individual members of congress. that does happen as well. you know, they re if you re just raising money for some other charity, it doesn t have your name on it, it s not as big a benefit to you? it s true. you can t then have the you n t present the check as many of these members of congress, they collect the funds and then present the check and they get a double bonus, because they can appear to be sort the hero for the community that s delivering more money. eric, your reporting on this continues to be outstanding, and you focused on this story in the new york times in great detail today. eric lipton, appreciate you being with us. congressman mickey edwards as well. thank you. let us know what you think about this during the live which the right now. coming up, election season kicking into high gear, new evide