Ashcroft --
Thanks for the compliment.
I'm glad to hear that we are closing in on a consensus agreement between us. I take it that you see the much of the apparent difference between our positions to be a matter of emphasis rather than substance. Reaching a point of agreement is always my first goal. My second goal, short of agreement, is to boil disagreements down to their essence. It sounds like we are on track for both.
Beathan