When he's down in Washington, he basically does what his Republican leaders tell him to do. And when he postures for the folks back home, it's always on a losing effort.

At the end of the day, his leaders, their agenda, prevailed.

It's not insurmountable. Of course Jon Porter is going to have some cash because Republican leaders have recognized he is one of their most vulnerable sitting members of Congress. We could catch up very fast and that is what we intend to do.

We've got a close eye on Washington state. It seems to me that people there are rejecting the Republican agenda.

We realized that we had to be the leaders.

I just hope that the president and the Republican leaders distance themselves from this and find some way to be critical of those people who have been so insensitive to those veterans who found themselves in harm's way,