could have. joining us now is cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona and also john harwood. john, hardly a saurprise that there would be hugh varnltiants. and experts say testing is a key part but often the administration focused to getting people vaccinated. so were you surprised by president biden s acknowledgement that testing is not where it needs to be? i wasn t. the buck stops with you. and obviously the coronavirus has surprised us at many points here. the delta variant and the way that took over in the summer was not something that had been specifically sxektsded. it it is one thing to say that we know that there will be varnltss and another to encounter them and high levels of transmissibility and obviously