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I hear you laughing. men in politics behaving badly, its not an original concept. it got us thinking today, why do they do it? whats your answer? >> they do it because they can get away with it. part of it has to do with them. and part of it, brooke, is because of us. we give them a pass. we gave anthony weiner a pass. well, he may not get away with it this time. the other is that they really have some deep psychological problems. besides a potential sex addiction that we know some of the others...

Has been working her way up the ranks at one of the most macho of workplaces, think men in black, suits and sunglasses, guns tucked under the jackets, wire in one ear, the secret service. it has been almost one year since some of those macho men were caught hanging out with prostitutes in their hotel in colombia while preparing for a presidential visit. now the secret service is getting a new boss. it is julia pierson. shes about to be sworn in. shes about to become the first woman to lead the a...

Thinking today and observing memorial day. that will be happening tomorrow. just talked with lieutenant colonel steve burke, an officer with the marines. had to tell people. i think its interesting, because it is, i think very difficult to talk about the war dead and the fallen, without invoking valor, without invoking the words heroes. and why do i feel so comfortable about the world hero? i feel uncomfortable about the world hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to j...