years, and not only have you been in the room, but when the republicans were on the hook during the trump years, what did democrats do? they were like, oh, okay, we ll help you out. we ll make it easier for you to raise the debt ceiling and agree. now the script is flipped and mcconnell s like, oh, we ain t doing nothing. i saw you all. you got to do it yourself. the politics here is what mcconnell s always about. he s no interested so much in the policy or the outcome on the policy side, it s how the politics will drive whatever policy narrative they want to create for 2022. yeah. well on the topic of narratives and messaging, jeff mason i was struck to hear the president when he got some questions about his infrastructure plan and the social spending plan, he was asked questions about the process and the president tried to pivot and talk about the substance. the substance of what s actually in that legislation and the ways in which it would show up in people s lives if democrats ar