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Specter, man oh, man, 30 years in the senate an switches from republican to democratic line, and, joe sestak, who has been on the program frequently, potentially could win? >> absolutely. in fact, he's been leading some late polls and this has happened all all of a sudden and it is fascinating. though reason is, it is a close primary of democrats, and sestak has hit specter and -- at his weakest point, he's running for his 6th term in the senate and his first as a democrat. well, six years ago, he had george w. bush into give him a warm endorsement, to enable him to win a very tough republican...

Party, not to mention his principles to save his job especially after admitting he did it to get reelected? >> that's exactly right, gregg. about a month ago, arlen specter actually had a 20-point lead which dissipated as you point out, even plus sect specter by two and sestak by two and it is a dogfight the last two weeks and joe sestak went to the voters, when they started to pay attention to the election and made several points. one, arlen specter switched his party, he's really just a democrat in name only. and he did it merely to get a sixth term. in the last several weeks, what has becom...

Into the mess after 30 years down there and then, says i'll switch parties after advancing the republican agenda. they honestly don't understand it. that generation of politicians will almost do anything, their time has come and gone. >> reporter: specter certainly hopes to get more time, the 80-year-old is looking for his 6th term in the u.s. senate and is on the air with ads, blitzing the airwaves, really, with commercials that feature himself with president obama. sestak has answered that with a counterattack ad, in which he puts mr. specter with george w. bush on the campaign trail. a coup...

Their jobs, to show, well, maybe they really were on your side. >> julie: i guess we have to wait and see, brenda buttner, thank you very much. >> gregg: new jersey's senator frank lautenberg is heading back to capitol hill, he was in the hospital for ten days diagnosed with a treatable form of stomach cancer and was released thursday and now is undergoing chemotherapy treatment and the 86-year-old is the second oldest member of the senate and plans to run, for a 6th term. >> julie: a flare-up in violence in jerusalem's old city, israeli police forces storming one of the holiest and most conte...

I said, no, let's accept them at their word, but not just for judges. let's get rid of the filibuster rule. let's let it be a rule that slows things down. that stopped the rule in congress. >> let's go sort of more big picture. you're running for, i think, your 16th term in november. you've been there a long time. was it always this bad? it wasn't always this bad, was it? >> no, when i got to congress in 1981, ronald reagan and tip o'neal used to joke about how they were friends after 6:00. what happened was, and this is a very self-acknowledged fact. newt gingrich decided there was too little...