seems more like alec baldwin didn't want to do it anymore. msnbc sure didn't want him to do it, so they went their separate ways. i think he probably quit, but if he hadn't quit, he probably was going to feel the shove sooner rather than later. >> in terms of the shove, tell me this, brian. you have martin bashir, another host on msnbc, apologized for a horrible remark he made about sarah palin. it is so graphic, i am not repeating it here on television. he didn't even get suspended, so where's the logic there? >> i don't know if there is logic. maybe that's why msnbc hasn't fully explained the difference between these two situations. they put out a one or two-sentence statement about alec baldwin, basically as short as they possibly could and moved on. martin bashir wasn't on yesterday. i think he's probably on vacation this week. maybe msnbc hopes if they lay low for a while, people will forget what he said. sometimes that works in television. sometimes it doesn't. this case with martin bashir is one that seems to be sticking