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Gas station run by essentially thugs. i think the larger context of offering military reinforcement and support is to put ukraine on the offense. right now they are quite obviously on the defensive against russia and against putin specifically, who is obviously seeking to capture the glory and restructure the old soviet union. mccains point in the sound bite is part of a broader strategy for bolstering ukraine and other countries in the region. >> do you see this as anni existent shal dilemma, m...

Way that opposition to social security dissipated over time and it becomes a crank -- a more crank position and more fringe position. >> josh, lets talk a little bit about the clinton piece. i think its interesting that clinton is sort of coming to i wont say the presidents rescue, but is doing him a solid as it were. this is also part of the larger clinton portfolio of being on the public stage just enough on certain issues potentially in advance of 2016. do you think this helps hillary clinton...

Decision. they are radically trying to outlaw abortion through other means. >> this is politics. a political power grab. there are two words missing. women and families. this is not about understanding women or reaching out to women. this is about a political statement only. six weeks is so -- >> arent there any women in these legislatures that raise their hand and say this isnt right? >> there must be. but, you know, heres whats so extreme about six weeks. you could be trying to get pregnant an...

Decision. they are radically trying to outlaw abortion through other means. >> this is politics. a political power grab. there are two words missing. women and families. this is not about understanding women or reaching out to women. this is about a political statement only. six weeks is so -- >> arent there any women in these legislatures that raise their hand and say this isnt right? >> there must be. but, you know, heres whats so extreme about six weeks. you could be trying to get pregnant an...

They are radically trying to outlaw abortion through other means. >> this is politics. a political power grab. there are two words missing. women and families. this is not about understanding women or reaching out to women. this is about a political statement only. six weeks is so -- >> arent there any women in these legislatures that raise their hand and say this isnt right? >> there must be. but, you know, heres whats so extreme about six weeks. you could be trying to get pregnant and still no...

Ideas. the ones that were behind his comment. joining me now is michelle goldberg author of the "means of reproduction, sex, power, and the future of the world." always good to see you. >> you, too. >> you have done as much work on this, reproductive politics as anyone. so if you take akins somewhat bizarre comment out of the fold, get rid of his odd biology lesson, how in or out of the republican or pro life mainstream are his actual policy idea? >> thats whats so fascinating. his ideas about r...

Biology have some precedent in the pro life movement, including this guy, john wilke, who was a major romney surrogate in 2008. but that aside, this belief there should be no exceptions in cases of rape and incest, no exceptions really except to save the life of the mother, has gone in a really short amount of time from being a fringe position in the republican party to being the normative position in the republican party. mitt romney was the only one of the presidential contenders or of the rep...

Nervous when we start even having a conversation about taking away these kind of basic rights of women, even if it feels like, oh, this is a political winner. you know, im not sure because weve got personhood on, what, 11 ballots in the u.s.? >> i dont want to take away from the fact its very, very serious. i think the national conversation around reproductive choice, reproductive freedom and justice in this country has taken a very sharp right turn in the last couple of years. personhood used t...

Stand up to delegates, to local elected officials who think there shouldnt be this right even in the case of rape or incest, then hes not that far away from the spirit and the problem that mr. akin has put on the table, even if they dont share the same medical interpretation. thats the problem with the republicans. >> thats right. this isnt a case where you have an outliar who made some gaffe. whats happened here is somebody had articulated at an inopportune moment the actual mainstream position...

Washington and fight for his ideas. the ones that were behind his comment. joining me now is michelle goldberg author of the "means of reproduction, sex, power, and the future of the world." always good to see you. >> you, too. >> you have done as much work on this, reproductive politics as anyone. so if you take akins somewhat bizarre comment out of the fold, get rid of his odd biology lesson, how in or out of the republican or pro life mainstream are his actual policy idea? >> thats whats so f...