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The military at the beginning of 2010, this year, youre going to take the lead on dont ask dont tell. you run point for me. give me cover on this. and they did it very skillfully. they got that repeal. that created political space for gay marriage. think about it. if we still had the dont ask dont tell policy, i doubt we would have seen the movement on gay marriage. so leadership takes different forms. just manning the barricades. remember in 200 flan, everybody said why isnt obama out there wit...

Funds it, anyone who gets government funds can be unionized. that is what the states proved, they can set up the corporations to funnel the money through. >>neil: so the private insurance companies, what happens to them? >>guest: they go by the wayside. slowly. and you have a single-payer and everyone can be unionized. that is the trojan horse. in 22 states right new to be employed in the government jobs you have to pay the union or they throw you out. 22 states you cannot keep a job. >>neil: by...

That? >>guest: the union goes out on strike and they shut it down. we have seen this happen with police, sanitation workers, we have seen it happen in all the groups that are supposedly impossible to go out on strike. >>neil: here is where i park country. i can see the scenario where we could move to unionize doctors and nurses, et cetera. i dont see it happening en masse. what do you see that is a trigger if the law that makes that the distinct inevitability? >>guest: well, first of all, the un...

Nursing homes, or in the home. and under a separate plan, it will help meet the fees of the doctors. >> the worlds best single-payer health care system turns 47 years old today. on july 30th, 1965, president lyndon johnson signed medicare into law and presented former president hearry truman with th first medicare card. so how did mitt romneys celebrate medicares birthday? by taking a world tour of other government-run health care systems. today he was in israel, a socialist country, praising it...

Emphasize as they move toward a difficult general election which is, really, about the economy, and not about foreign policy. >>neil: but should we make or read too much, though the president has said "we are largely out," being "completely" out because it will always be a bit of secretary of defense that will strike some as, especially liberals, as an abandonment of the early promise to just not cut and run but get out. >>guest: well, there has been liberal disquiet about this, about other part...

The bill on the right, the negatives, but youve got to do something. megyn: but you point out that the president and the white house have to walk a very fine line on this unpopular law. theres no two ways about it. the polls have been consistent from the beginning, the american public overwhelmingly in terms of the majority versus the minority doesnt like this law, but they need to not alienate swing voters when it comes to promoting it. >> well, some of the people who dont like the law are libe...

To be getting better and i would favor a single-payer. dont forget a lot of people who object to this health care plan are those progressive wanted a more progressive plan, single-payer. john conyers had a great plan. bill: how much will that cost? >> more socialism. >> what did you say? you toss around the world socialism. people indiscrimenantly use the word socialism. >> alan, youre recommending socialism. government-run single-payer program. im not espousing it. you are. >> call it anything ...

With these inquiries going on? yes. it is a change and it is something that obviously gets a lot of attention. >> michelle kosinski in london for us. nice to see you. a high profile resignation. that tops our stories around the nation. the man picked by president obama to overhaul medicare and medicaid has resigned months before his temporary appointment was to he said. earlier this year 42 senate republicans vowed to block his confirmation as the head of the centers for medicare and medicaid se...

expected. well tell you why, what we can learn. first, the federal agency that told millions of women to delay getting mammograms is starting another tough argument. the u.s. preventive services task force now says most men should not bother with screening for prostate cancer. they say the psa test does more harm potentially than good. that it barely reduces death and leads to unnecessary treatment and complications. theres already pushback. the head of the prostate cancer foundation...

23 more deaths reported in syria. a day after president obama and several u.s. allies finally called on president obama bashar al assad to step aside. arwa damon is covering this story. another friday, a day of prayer, but it was a day of brutal violence as well, arwa. >> thats right, wolf. and it would seem some pretty dramatic footage emerging from damascus. in the center of the city and in the clip that emerged on youtube, we could not independently verify its awe tenitiesty. you ca...