text:  And as for the meeting itself, it's unusual for this type of call to happen in the first place. Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill tomorrow. No doubt there will be a lot of chatter on this exact topic. So it's notable that they felt the need to get on the same page before they came back and had to face a flood of reporters on the Hill asking questions about where things stand. Barbara, we're talking about a small number of people here. What does this tell us about where Democrats are headed as a whole?