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was not a tax. now, according to the highest court in the land, its a tax, and its going to hit everybody, isnt it? >> absolutely. there are 21 taxes in the build, 12 of which hit people making less than $200,000? >> everybody, its going to hit everybody? the taxes in the health care bill were well known ever since the bill was voted on and both chambers of the congress. some of these might ring a bell. now, there are fees on health insurers based on their own market share. same thing ...

Years that president obama doesnt respect the constitution. now one of their guys has said, well, you know what, his laws constitutional. how much of a problem is that for him on the trail? >> thats a big problem for republicans. you know the other thing, ed, think about how many times conservatives, tea partiers, birthers, have tried to undermine the authority of this president, weve had a number of decisions, two important ones this week that affirm the federal government and this president an...

>> the gop has been saying for years that president obama doesnt respect the constitution. now one of their guys has said, well, you know what, his laws constitutional. how much of a problem is that for him on the trail? >> thats a big problem for republicans. you know the other thing, ed, think about how many times conservatives, tea partiers, birthers, have tried to undermine the authority of this president, weve had a number of decisions, two important ones this week that affirm the federal g...

Good play for the democrats? >> they can, ed, but the truth is the republicans are doing this to whip up their base, they are not doing this because -- swing voters like whats in this bill. they do. they dont like the mandate, but they do like the benefits for their kids, for their parents, their ability to move their insurance if they lose their job. one of the terrifying things about losing your job when youre 55 is youll never get insurance again, now you will because obama and the democrats ...

Because he pioneered the bill, so for him to criticize is it just ludicrous. thirdly, george is right, i wasnt a big fan of the bill, thought the house did a great job of the bill, wasnt a fan as it came out of the senate, but there are a lot of good things in this bill that are going to make a big difference to people. im a little nervous about the medicaid ruling because medicaid has insured more people under this bill than anything else, and i want to take a look and see if that got undermine...

And so -- with regard to issa, its always his way or the highway. and thats what this boils down to. >> thats how the republicans have been acting since this president took the oath of office. >> and keep in mind something else, ed. this started under the bush administration. and the same people that were running it under bush in the phoenix office are the same folks that tried to run it with regards to this attorney general, under this attorney general, when this attorney general holder found o...

Theyre doing is very political. and i think that if you -- they need to take a step back. one of the things i have said is that speaker boehner ought to get involved in this case personally. this is a case that could easily be resolved. and keep in mind, ed, the attorney general has provided 7,600 pages of documents, given another 1,300 pages of the documents that are whats called deliberativeç documents that normally are not exposed at all, not given away at all, and hes tried over and over a...

Themselves. ed, if you read the article in fortune, it is an astonishing piece of journalism, and what it tells you is that everything that everybody thinks they know about this case is untrue. and they nail it. there actually was never any gun walking program to start with. its hard to believe that when you read the piece, you know, i really urge viewers to read this article. whats happened here is you have a committee chairman who is basically joe mccarthy on steroids who will twist any fact, ...

President? >> well, the indications are five of them. they should be ashamed of themselves. ed, if you read the article in fortune, it is an astonishing piece of journalism, and what it tells you is that everything that everybody thinks they know about this case is untrue. and they nail it. there actually was never any gun walking program to start with. its hard to believe that when you read the piece, you know, i really urge viewers to read this article. whats happened here is you have a commit...

Think that strategy is still being worked out, ed, but theres a good possibility. >> what is your reaction to this report by a fortune magazine which is one of the most detailed pieces of journalism we have seen so far on this? >> i think it really does go hand in hand with my contentions all along that eric holder and the president, and by the way, were in total agreement with mr. issa on çthis, did not kno about this, did not authorize it, did not condone it. this whole situation, so thats w...