a member of congress on the floor of the house to compare the statements made by republicans about health care to lies about jews told by joseph gerbels and other nazis. how is it appropriate? >> because it's the same process. obviously i don't think republicans are nazis, but they use the same means, which was to have a short, concise idea and repeat it over and over and over again. >> but you're essentially comparing them to nazis. >> no, i don't think i was. when you do an open session like that on the floor, you speak off the cuff. but no, gerbels was the master of political propaganda. as evil as he was, he was the master of this. when people use it and use lies over and over and over again, whether it's killing grand ma, whether it's government takeover of health care or any of those things, somebody has to stand up and say wait a minute. >> if you weren't trying to compare them to nazis, you wouldn't have mentioned nazis. you said it was -- >> i didn't say nazis. >> you said gerbels, the chief