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>> im sure it matters to them a lot but they will weigh that in an election setting. whos is worse, how bad is the offense and how does it stack up to their apology and contrition afterwards, but the thing is, these are political decisions fundamentally. its unsatisfying for everybody. right? you want there to be a framework he has to submit to bethe problem, there really isnt and the ethics committee is definitely not it. >> what happens -- what should happen to al franken? hes arguably done th...

Other in a social environment and call the person who you compete against on that basketball court or house floor a friend. i hope tonight was the message to the american people that it is fine to have political discourse and to have it in an election setting is fine and in a campaign setting is fine. but outside of that particular arena we are friends. these are our fellow americans and we are all in this together. america is either going to sink or rise together. its important to keep in mind ...

Ribs with your elbows and youre going to compete as best you can to be able to win. but once you get out of the house floor, once you get off the senate floor, once you get off that basketball court, you can still interact with each other in a social environment and call the person who you compete against on that basketball court a friend. and i hope tonight was the message to the american people, its fibne to have this politicl discourse, and to have it an election setting is fine, to have it i...

Theyre going to be even more cautious next time about the possibility of bringing it up again. >> you know, bri fallon, rebecca berg, was with us last hour as this news was breaking, and his reaction was basically, bring it on. he had the sense that democrats would be fine with the idea -- theyre not going to support this bill by any stretch of the imagination, but if republicans back a bill -- and again, we dont know the exact parameters of it -- but that did in some way, you know, cut back on ...

Really conservative. hell talk about other governors who are having success with schi conservatism. the other one to watch is ted cruz. it straw poll doesnt matter who is going to win the presidency and gives you a jolt of momentum. ted cruz is the fan favorite. the conservatives love the guy. and i think if you had to bet who is going to win that straw poll its him, not rand paul who won it last time around. its going to continue to give momentum to the ted cruz wing of the republican party whi...

More expensive benefits than otherwise they would. >>neil: thank you, greg, from washington. the justice department could have made a move tod the decision until 2013 but it cannot, and the white house actually is confident that this will go its way. michael, what do you thing of that? >>guest: well, i think the white house political contract gist may have thought it would be less likely for the supreme court to overturn a major statute or a your integral part of the individual mandate to buy he...