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Julian castro, who accused the former vice president of not remembering the details of his own health care plan and castro was actually wrong in that instance, but it really opened the door to other candidates on the stage to talk about how democrats should be coming together and focusing on defeating president donald trum president donald trump. >> this is why -- >> come on. >> this is why presidential debates are becoming on washable. they remind everybody what they cannot stand about washingt...

What they cannot stand against washington. scoring points against each other, poking each other. >> if you have a policy difference, by all means bear but that personal attack? what we need right now. >> ed: the front runner after some troubling moments like this? >> the president thinks -- my friend from vermont things the employer is going to give you back every single teacher easy raise getting out of the $60,000 level. play the radio, make sure the television -- make sure you have the record...

Heres the problem. he essentially kind of almost created a shield around joe biden i think for the rest of the debate because he set the parameters so aggressively on what he said about, you know, biden and his forgetfulness that he almost in a way gave biden a pass for the rest of the debate. so i think it kind of protected biden from any other attacks in the debate. in a way it kind of backfired on castro and worked in joe bidens favor. >> let me play mayor pete buttigieg basically saying enou...

>> the problem with castros swipe is the daily piece sam stein and nbcs mike memley pointing out is biden actually said the opposite. >> my health care plan does significantly cut the cost of the largest out-of-pocket payment you will pay is $1,000 and get into, anyone who cant afford it gets automatically enrolled in the medicare type option we have. >> the exchange between castro and biden prompted other democratic candidates on stage to issue warnings about sowing division within the party. >...

So i think it kind of protected biden from any other attacks in the debate. so in a way it back fired on castro and worked in joans favor. >> let me put mayor pete buttigieg basically saying, enough. >> this is why the debates are becoming unwatchable. this reminds everybody of what they cannot stand about washington. scoring points against each other. poking at each other and telling each other that, my plan, look. >> thats called the democratic primary election. thats called an election. thats...

Candidates but they avoided clashing with each other. >> the ideological divides within the democratic party on full display last night. >> folks seem more concerned about scoring points or out doing each other with wish list economics. >> youre going to hear a lot of promises up here. >> we can go down the road that senator sanders and senator warren want to take us with bad policies like medicare for all, free everything and impossible promises that will turn off independent voters and get tru...

I come from a state where a lot of people voted for donald trump. lets not kid ourselves, he will be hard to beat, yet, watching that last debate folks seem more concerned about scoring points or out doing each other with wish list economics than making sure americans know we hear their voices and will help their lives. look, im a pro-choice, prounion, democrat that won three elections in a red state, not by compromising our values but by getting stuff done. thats how we win back the places we l...

Issues in the debate. in fact, it was senator harris and senator biden -- im sorry, senator sanders seemed to be sort of not on his game as some would say in terms of really confronting the contrast in terms of the issues why he should be the nominee and not vice president biden if they were the leading two contenders according to the polls at that point, which has changed subsequent to that. >> well, look, i give senator harris credit for taking on the vice president. i think he showed guts doi...

Representing the united states, and over here the running thing was we want him in prison. we cant wait to send -- so everything hes doing is being undermined. greg: yeah. >> and while its scoring points for them and -- its embarrassing us. theyre hurting us. its no longer about the mueller report, whatever, its about embarrassing america as much as they can for their own benefit. and that, to me, is just tragic that thats where were at in this country that its no longer country first. its me fi...

Representing the united states, and over here the running thing was we want him in prison. we cant wait to send -- so everything hes doing is being undermined. greg: yeah. >> and while its scoring points for them and -- its embarrassing us. theyre hurting us. its no longer about the mueller report, whatever, its about embarrassing america as much as they can for their own benefit. and that, to me, is just tragic that thats where were at in this country that its no longer country first. its me fi...