if node is not None:
                    pos = 'inside'
                    if node2.get('position'):
                        pos = node2.get('position')
                    if pos == 'replace':
                        for child in node2:
                            print "node.tag", node.tag
                            node.addprevious(child)
                        node.getparent().remove(node)
                    else: