>> you could say that. >> publicly members saying obama got a bad deal, a bad negotiator, he's weak, he could have hung in there and gotten a better deal. do you see in retrospect a route to a better deal? you could have been led to a better deal through congressional leadership or the president? >> i don't know. i have to tell you, since i wasn't part of those negotiations, it's tough for me to be able to give you an insight. i will tell you this, though. there are so many moving pieces in this particular deal, somebody obviously thought the concerns of people like myself would have to be addressed by dealing with the unemployment compensation. then how do you balance that against return to the bush tax cuts? you know, this calculus that resulted in shaping this was