, fredrik reinfeldt. john king, gloria berger. gloria, first to you. did you get the sense from the president that if the house of representatives would reject this resolution, he would still be determined to go forward with a strike? >> yeah, i did. i got the clear sense that he feels the moral obligation to go forward with a strike. what was so interesting to me, wolf, was that the president said, look, this is not my red line. this is the world's red line. this is not my credibility, this is the world's credibility. and this is not iraq. okay. because this is not the question of weapons of mass destruction. we know he said that this chain of custody of these chemical weapons both directly to assad and he also made the case, i understand why people were questioning my not going to congress because if i had been in congress and been a senator, i would have demanded congressional authorization and that he said this change of course had been brewing in his mind for quite some time. but he said, you know, i'm not in this alone. it's congress' credibility and the world's credibility on

government and people who are very pragmatic and adaptable. when prime minister fredrik reinfeldt came to power as part of a center right coalition in 2006, he moved to cut corporate taxes so the swedish companies now pay lower tax rates than american ones and the downsizing of government is part of a regional trend in neighboring norway the leader expected to win next week's elections is a conservative running on a campaign to cut taxes. slowly but surely scandinavian countries are moving away from big government to smart government. despite the tax cuts and recent moves to the right, scandinavian countries are big spenders but increasingly effective spenders. so sweden may have been a last-minute addition on obama's schedule but that doesn't mean that there are important lessons to learn there. they have picked the best of right and left in some cases. it's time we redefine the word swedenization. >>> up next, more on syria. did the president of the united states really need to go to congress to authorize a strike? it's a fascinating but murky question and we have the debate for you. wh