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Some of the critics are coming on the government leak antitrust exemption. they are able to keep their sweetheart treatment because the nfl spent nearly twice as much on lobbying as the other three sports leagues combined. they are the only sports league with full-time lobbying organization in the dc swamp. they set up shop in the new york office six bucks from the white house. they share space with the leagues carpal swampy law firm and you might remember from the previous so much for the conne...

Month. some of the critics are coming on the government leak antitrust exemption. they are able to keep their sweetheart treatment because the nfl spent nearly twice as much on lobbying as the other three sports leagues combined. they are the only sports league with full-time lobbying organization in the dc swamp. they set up shop in the new york office six bucks from the white house. they share space with the leagues carpal swampy law firm and you might remember from the previous so much for th...

We dont believe that this health care bill is something that our constituents support. my calls are running 11-1 against this health care bill. >> 11-1. thats interesting. look, but you also said very critical of the president that you essentially think that if your fellow kentuckian, if im saying that right, senator rand paul -- >> yes. >> -- were president, that obamacare would have already been fully repealed. i mean, what tells you that you would have had enough votes for a bill like that? >...

The beginning up, so the lobbyists have to argue to put something in rather than keep from getting something taken out. >> well, let me ask you about another protection that professional sports have, and that is the antitrust exemption. where are you on this? its something that allows basically allows for the leagues to be monopolies, and obviously, you know, you could make an argument, you know, theres plenty of other industries that would love to have the negotiating power and the monopolistic...

People with obama care cant get in toen seen. >> the reason we have these problems are things like medicare people go in when they dont need er help. that isnt obama care that causes that problem. i came up with the most amazing plan. what we should do -- this is the cameron plan -- tamara plan. we should have the republican goes in and figure it out. they eat their own. >> there is going to be so lo solution if the republicans have their way anyway. (talking over one another) >> one at a time. ...

To be some sort of blanket suspicion on how to deal with -- morally, i dont mean in terms of the infraction. but what happens when they come to the hall of fame. >> well, my guess is that the next generation is simply not going to care as much. what are you going to do? not go to the games? not root for your favorite players because of this? cheating has always been part of the game. and the owners havent cared that much about it. back in 2005, a famous letter to a congressional said you folks h...

>> this class of sort of baseball greats going back, you know, about 10, 15 years now. almost every one of the sort of leaders of which is now under some kind of scandal report in the hall of fame. sometimes it seems there needs to be some sort of blanket decision how to deal with -- morally, i dont mean in terms of the infraction. but what happens when they come to the hall of fame. >> well, my guess is that the next generation is simply not going to care as much. what are you going to do? not ...

Care and benefits and plans. now over in the senate, what they did was gave back the antitrust exemption to experience companies that allow them to operate the cocktails and not increase the cost of health care. they took away the state-sponsored option that creates competition and thirdly, they piled up the taxes on health care. health care plans and employers who provide generous benefits for their employees and its now creating incentive for employers to now back away from providing health ca...

Race, 38-31 with marky ahead by seven points. when i talked to democrats up in massachusetts trying to figure out how to make sense of the race, if there was one criticism of you that i hear most often, i actually like the guy and agree with him, but he voted against health care in 2010. he voted against the affordable care act when it came up for final passage. whats your answer to people who have that concern? >> people that want to know why i voted against it should look at the two bills, the...

A day when the antitrust exemption gets overturned. thats still one of the weird things in the world. antitrust laws dont apply to professional sport. >> not as long as the influence of the present commission of bud selig is felt, another pivotal figure. hes maintained labor peace for years for decades, huge profitability and is very weary of even getting close to a point where that clause would be overturned. >> that would change the game -- >> profoundly. >> marvin miller should be in the hall...