So the incentive structure for politicians was to be polarized. And to look like you couldn't relate to the other person. And we still, We live in that [polarized environment] even more now than we did back then. When I first came to the Senate. I was just writing about this. My senator when I was in Hawaii growing up was Daniel Inouye. (49:48–49:53)
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