sent them back to wherever their home state is. And what that meant is their children were no longer going to the same parties together because that's where the congressman senators, the journalists, like everybody in politics would get to know each other was because the kids were friends and the kids were in the same sports teams. And it created rapport and connection. Today, nobody's kids are in school together. And so there's no point of emotional connection. Plus we have these freedom of information act laws, sunshine laws that say if you're going to talk about an official issue with someone involved in that issue, you must have a lawyer present the minute three people are involved in the conversation who is recording what happened. So there's no way to have any private conversations about how are we going to cut a deal here. So I'd add to that as well. One further thing is cameras. When cameras were introduced into Congress, and I don't remember the year C-SPAN started, but that (13/99)
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