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At the height of his influence. >> he's supposed to announce his resignation likely will come as early as today. what was going on was that after a very big health care fight, i've heard from people inside the seiu, he was tired. he achieved the one big goal he wanted to do, health care. those who followed the democratic presidential primary 2007/2008, he talked about health care. that was his really big goal. he achieved that. of course there's a lot of bloodbath going on inside organized labor, even inside seiu. some people think andy stern's methods cutting deals with corporations to get un...

He's been around for a while. he's increased his membership in his union. he helped get health care reform passed so there's really not much more for him to do and also, he had a lot of controversy along the way, andy stern. he split with the afl-cio, that created a lot of controversy and then one of his own seiu chapters, the state of california, they split from him. he sued to keep them in unsuccessfully so it's, you know, been a challenging road for him while a success fortunateful one. >> he apparently has visited the white house more than most other people to see the president, do you thi...

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Best done with him not part of the government. >> do you agree with that, rich? >> the union is in debt and the country is in debt and there's a reason for that coincidence. and andy stern, you have to give him credit for his political vision which is that you take all those union funds in your coffers and send them over to the democratic party and you make the democratic party a tool of your agenda and that's what he's done in the cause of making us a european style social democracy and with health care, with the huge stimulus, he'll take steps down that road. >> he's been so successful in th...

He was a rising star. he was somebody who invigorate and changed the labor union. the labor movement is going to miss andy stern. i know he wasn't universally beloved throughout the movement. but he's a terrific leader. >> okay. pat buchanan? >> very powerful. >> still to be told exactly what didn't work out right there in the labor movement. thank you very much, pat, and thank you, steve. coming up, what's happened to yesterday's mavericks? politico's jonathan martin up next. >> that's right. a naval aviator. boss: y'know, geico opened its doors back in 1936 and now we're insuring over 18 m...