taxes is a valid one. what harry reid did was not appropriate. >> says he has a source. >> he's -- >> sometimes media people don't reveal their sources. >> i understand, but he said a source he is not certain that it's true. and that's especially the fine line. he -- that source did not confirm to him, prove to him, nor did he say he believed him 100%. >> he went on the senate floor and said he hadn't paid taxes in ten years. he felt strong enough to put it in the record. >> that's based on a investor. we knoent know if he ever saw the taxes. my point is he went on the floor and basically lied because he doesn't know it to be true. >> but that's the game that the republicans have played forever. michele bachmann goes on chris matthews and said we need to investigate congress to root out the un-american activity. >> and that was wrong. >> i'm glad you're calling them out because i didn't hear john boehner, these people had to be pushed. and the first time --