Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121220:09:17:00
If lincoln could do what he did, which was an amazing feat to outlaw slavery when everything, all the cards were stacked against him, as a matter of fact, i think it was tony kushner who said tonight we had the fiscal cliff. there it was the 13th amendment cliff. no one knew whether it would pass until the actual votes were taken. so we're faced with these things, and we really do have to work together as hard as it is. and sometimes it's hard. >> senator barbara boxer of california, thank you for your time tonight. i'm sure this is the last thing you wanted to do after seeing that film and be...