some political cover. the problem is, can they actually get any cover? because as dan said, as joe said, if you want this law to work as it was die sign edesign, all this bad stuff has to happen. it will continue to happen. that's the biggest problem democrats face. >> the attention now is between -- for the democrats, it's between obama's legacy and the future of the democratic party. it's going to be deeb sided in those elections in november 2014. it was so telling that senator dianne feinstein of california who is in an absolutely safe seat or jeff mercly, the senator from oregon said they were thinking of signing on to this interim fix. they are afraid if they lose control of the senate, they will be in the minority. dianne feinstein will lose her chairmanship. >> if sperling is right, this is just a transition, we just have to muscle it through, take the heat. that's what they're telling democrats, as i understand it. they're basically saying, look, this is going to be a rough period but you got to break a