and that's the root of this controversy, that it did appear in these directories. but she said she passed it on because it was a family story. but as far as i could tell, she never got any benefit from it, and she got no affirmative action. she wasn't hired because of it. it was just something she wrote on a form. >> on the form, did she describe herself as native american or part native american? >> i think the form was not that specific. you know, 1/32, a lot of people measure themselves that way, but the forms as i understand it didn't have that level of specificity. >> more on the tax bill in a moment as we count down to tonight's cnn debate. first we want to remind you there are two weeks left to vote for the cnn hero of the year. you can do that right now at cnnheroes.com. tonight, on what's known as giving tuesday, we want to show you another way you can sport one or more of these top ten cnn heroes. take a look. just go to cnnheroes.com and