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Both. melting pot, were all americans, race, religion, creed. the patchwork quilt, we all have our separate identities. were african-american, polish american. he wants to tran scend that. as david is saying, hes not a black politician but a politician that happens to be black. he wants us ought to be at the table no matter where we come from. what unites us is greater than what divides us. >> talk about nelson mandela who you write about. there have to be obvious comparisons and certainly quest...

Talk about somebody who seemed to have his head on about where he wanted to go ultimately. >> absolutely. i think even in his memoir he was thinking about that. hes in a sort of transformational figure between the melting pot america and patchwork quilt america in the sense that he identifies with both. melting pot, were all americans, race, religion, creed. the patchwork quilt, we all have our separate identities. were african-american, polish american. he wants to transcend that. as david is s...

Of justifying this case when you have a case where a teenager lands ten-year prison sentence for getting oral sex from his teenaged girlfriend? do these sex offender laws just make no sense? >> well, they do make no sense. its a crazy patchwork quilt of laws varying from one state to another state. so thats why activists, myself, for example, and many, many others, we lobby and we try to strengthen the laws because its all about protecting children. its all about giving prosecutors and children ...