that they stand for to make a run against somebody they consider a deeply vulnerable president, and i think that romney never fit that bill for them. you remember they went through these stages of sort of anybody but romney, get me a nonromney, get me chris christie, jeb bush, anybody but romney and it didn't work and he met rejection all the way, so what you've got as a result of these endorsements is an attempt to get santorum and gingrich out of the race because they know it's over now and a lot of damage has been done and they don't want to prolong this. it's going to hurt them as much as it hurts romney but there's no great enthusiasm for romney on the hill. gregg: isn't it odd to see members change the rules to backload it, more proportional on the front end because they wanted to prolong the primary season and now all of the sudden they want to end it, a lot do, because they want to avoid a war fight, huh? >> i don't think anyone