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Radical deconstruction of medicare and medicaid. now as people have become aware of it, citizens across the country, they face this very tough vote. remember that a number of these republican senators are up for re-election next year. people like olympia snowe, richard luger, scott brown. if they vote for the ryan bill, they will strengthen themselves in their primaries but theyll go into november elections facing voters who will be furious with them. on the other hand if they vote against the r...

Force that moment where things might change? >> its a part of the dialogue here, ed. understand this. they lost the debate on the ryan bill. those town hall meetings, the energy that was out there, these polls that show that 80% of americans dont want them to cut medicare and medicaid, theyre trying desperately now to shift the debate to make this claim that oh, its necessary to do all this in the debt ceiling moment. what the catholic scholars and others who are stepping up now, a lot of moral ...

Cuts on the table. >> i mean the fact is hes using the debt ceiling. you know, so he is saying, look. were not going down the road of getting rid of the tax cuts. but will the catholics maybe force that moment where things might change? >> its a part of the dialogue here, ed. understand this. they lost the debate on the ryan bill. those town hall meetings, the energy that was out there, these polls that show that 80% of americans dont want them to cut medicare and medicaid, theyre trying despera...

Essentially gut medicaid under this republican program, what you would have is large numbers of seniors who would move from the nursing home in to their childrens home, into the den. maybe one of their kids bedrooms. because there would not be the money anymore to have them have nursing home care. so these are some of the implications of this bill that was passed in this ideological frenzy that people have not yet fully understood. and i think once the details filter down, the implications filte...

>> i think whats interesting about that is that they assume that those are poor people who are not seniors -- i dont know who they think those poor people are. >> a lot of them are their parents. when you get old, you drawdown your net worth so youre eligible for medicaid and it will pay for the nursing home. so if the ryan plan which is now the republican plan, if that were to become the law of the ç land and you block granted medicaid, which would essentially gut medicaid under this republic...

Crazy closet they are keeping it in. but theyre part of their crowd. here he is saying he has no question about being natural born, but he also says hes willing to sign a birther bill. why sign a ludicrous bill? >> i absolutely believe hes a citizen. lets be clear. my disagreements with this president are not about his citizenship or where he was born. what i disagree about is his agenda. what i have said about this bill, its not a part of my package, but if the legislature passes it and if they...

Republicans who voted for the ryan bill. the word about that bill that passed the house last week has not yet filtered down it to the public. so people dont yet understand that republicans last week in the house voted not to reform medicare, not to have a little nip and tuck here and there, but to end medicare to turn it into a voucher program where instead of knowing where the check is coming from, seniors within ten years would have to shop on the open market like everybody else. which they do...

Are covered. the corporations are covered, and -- and so, you know, i think this vote that we have on the continuing resolution is a precursor to the vote on the ryan bill and a vote on the debt ceiling. >> congressman walsh, congressman grijalva brings up the question of fairness and distribution. the tea party doesnt tend to talk about this, and members of your caucus tend not to talk about this. when you look at the composition of the cuts, 600 million taken away from community health centers...

Ryan bill and a vote on the debt ceiling. >> congressman walsh, congressman grijalva brings up the question of fairness and distribution. the tea party doesnt tend to talk about this, and members of your caucus tend not to talk about this. when you look at the composition of the cuts, 600 million taken away from community health ç centers and 500 million taken away from the wic program. does it matter to you how these cuts are composed? does it matter to your colleagues in the tea party caucus...

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