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For that. i agree it hasn't reached that stage yet. look at the most important issue in medicare. governor romney has attacked president obama for stealing $718 billion from medicare and paul ryan, when he was announced, he was leading that attack, as well. but then it came out that in the ryan budget, he wanted to keep that $718 billion of money that was taken from medicare, to balance the budget. and all of a sudden, the romney and ryan camps were clashing over that and finally ryan had to give in, say, no, my budget was wrong, we're going to give that back to the american people. so, yeah, ...

Michael, quickly on what malika said. >> on medicare. >> yeah. i agree the republicans have done okay in the short term but number one, democrats haven't been forceful enough. number one, congressman ryan kept the same $718 billion cut in medicare in the ryan budget. we should hang that around his neck. and number two, the difference of what the president wants to do. when the president cuts medicare, he's cutting it on the provider's side. most of those cuts were cuts to what the drug companies could make by supplying drugs to medicare. when the republicans make cuts to medicare, they're cutt...

That would have been the perfect answer. quickly on what malika said did. >> reporter: on medicare. >> yeah. i agree the republicans have done good in the short-term. democrats haven't been forceful enough. congressman ryan kept the same $718 billion cut in medicare in the ryan budget. we should hang that around his neck. and number two, the difference of what the president wants to do. when the president cuts medicare, he's cutting it on the provider's side. most of those cuts were cuts to what the drug companies could make by supplying drugs to medicare. when the republicans make cuts to med...