until july 1st. the federal mandate doesn't go into effect until december 2013. so it is not going to affect people in virginia immediately. but everybody wants to know what this answer is. because it could undermine the entire federal act. >> greta: stays are not just fighting the federal government states are also stating them service. michigan attorney general cox joined a lawsuit against the federal government. michigan's governor granholm says hold it right there. now the michigan attorney general is in a battle with himself. how did that happen? governor granholm. >> two problems. one is that as the state attorney general events the state of michigan as an entity and i'm his main client. his main client has been one of the governors who has been a co-chair of the governor's task force trying to get in bill through. because it helps michigan. so he wears two hats. he can file on behalf of