in essence put a few press releases out saying we're against this. then they took a show vote and ultimately nothing happened. that's the point. it's come to the point where the leadership unfortunately in both parties but there's those who now believe that we can't win an argument. we can't win going out there and advocating for these positions in the american people. so let's not even try. if you say we're going to do the best we can but there's no way we're going to win, in essence you've already given up. >> how do we solve this? >> that's my problem. we should have said early on we're not going to do it. go ahead, i'm sorry. >> but republicans ended up funding obamacare. they have the power of the purse. that's the way i read the constitution. i believe they'll probably end up funding planned parenthood just like you funded illegal and unconstitutional executive amnesty. boehner has now pretty much been pushed out as far as i'm concerned. he's leaving. we'll check in with kevin mccarthy tonight. but is mitch mcconnell fighting? does he need to go? >> i'm not calling for that