it smells funny. the timing of it looks funny. i think if you look at mathson's are record, gibbs is right. he has impressive record. nobody would deny or dispute that the fact that the nomination comes as they are trying to woo his brother, get him to switch sides,. >> chris: they say they were vetting this for months. >> that may, in fact, be true that they were vetting it for months. the question is why the timing now at this crucial moment of the health care debate? it brings up a broader point. the broader point is one of the things that people have objected to most strongly. people object to the substance of the bill. people are not in favor of what the president wants to do here. people have also been sort of repulsed by the process. we have seen that really since december 20th with the corn husker kickback and since then. how is the white house -- how is nancy pelosi going to win votes, going to convert votes without these kinds of give aways that are typical -- i mean, this stuff happens all the time in washington.