people on the left, therefore quote unquote, the left has marched in unison. that's just not the way it works for me. i didn't get that memo. however, john mccain called him a wacko bird. peter king said he did not attend a dinner that cruz went to and said he wouldn't attend because cruz would not help out in funding for hurricane sandy. you've got republicans who don't like this guy. this is not just the left going after him. and also cruz once said upon being criticized, after he said that we have a list of communists at harvard, he was compared to senator joe mccarthy and he said he was honored to get such a comparison. >> he says he believes there were more communist because he went to harvard undergrad -- >> and a list of them. >> do you have reason to believe that's not true? >> he said he was honored to be compared to joe mcarthur. >> is it not true, alan? >> is whatn not true? >> let me talk about this. there's a question now about whether this strengthens mr.