they should show senate in action on TV:
" In the Roosevelt Room after the session, the Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., literally bent down on one knee as he pleaded with Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, not to âblow it upâ by withdrawing her partyâs support for the package over what Ms. Pelosi derided as a Republican betrayal.
âI didnât know you were Catholic,â Ms. Pelosi said, a wry reference to Mr. Paulsonâs kneeling, according to someone who observed the exchange. She went on: âItâs not me blowing this up, itâs the Republicans.â"