And I can be as critical of the insurance companies as anyone else, but they take the path of least resistance. Their capital is not necessarily any more courageous than anyone else's. The easiest way to get to what they want is an individual mandate. But I suspect if we set up pretaxed expenses, buying across State lines, if we develop that market for them, I'll bet they'd find a way to compete, I'd bet they'd find a way to work in that market and win in that market.
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