>> let me just -- >> these things are connected. it's not like he ended his militancy. he always fought hard for freedom. >> he was a pacificist by the time he left prison. it was extraordinary, that somebody treated that way had no -- >> i want to bring in -- >> go ahead, jake. thinks your show. >> i appreciate it. there have been a couple interesting moments of punditry in the last 24 hours. here's msnbc's chris matthews talking about how the last apartheid president, f.w. de klerk, worked with mandela after his release from prison. >> for him to recognize his role in history which was to be a patriot at that point is so different than the way mitch mcconnell handled the election of obama. >> here is former pennsylvania senator rick santorum comparing the fight against apartheid in south africa to the battle over obama care. >> he was fighting against some great injustice. i would make the argument we have a great injustice going on right now in this country with