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Hospital of philadelphia "does not disqualify potential transplant candidates on the basis of intellectual abilities." art kaplan is a bioethicist for the university of pennsylvania. he also can't comment on this case specifically but says in this situation you have to sort out the role of mental ability. >> if that's all that's being taken into account, that's bias, that's discriminatory. but if it's a genetic disease that has many, many other complications, that's medically appropriate and not at all unethical. >> fascinating story there. this is our facebook question of the day. go in and c...

good evening. i'm chris matthews down in washington. leading off tonight, pay to play in texas. rick perry's awkward debate comment that he couldn't be bought for only $5,000 may be the least of his problems. nbc's michael isikoff reports that not only did perry get far more than that from the pharmaceutical company, merck, but that perry has been accused of a long history of running texas as a pay to play state. he accepts big campaign contributions from deep-pocketed supporters in exchange for favors that help make them rich. it could be the strategy to take down perry either befor...

supporters in exchange for favors that help make them rich. it could be the strategy to take down perry either before or after he's nominated. bob dylan said it, by the way, in 1965, and it applies today. you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind is blowing. and right now the wind is blowing hard into the face of democrats. in general, and at president obama in particular. how does the president turn it around? it's been done before. plus, here's senator demint's candid and cold calculation. if republicans support president obama's jobs plan, they'll bear responsibility...

texas as a pay to play state. he accepts big campaign contributions from deep-pocketed supporters in exchange for favors that help make them rich. it could be the strategy to take down perry either before or after he's nominated. bob dylan said it, by the way, in 1965, and it applies today. you don't need a weather man to know which way the wind is blowing. and right now the wind is blowing hard into the face of democrats. in general, and at president obama in particular. how does the president turn it around? it's been done before. plus, here's senator demint's candid and cold calcu...

if republicans support president obama's jobs plan, they'll bear responsibility for the success or not of those programs and the economy. however, if they oppose the president's plan, the worst the president can do is blame them for voting against his legislation. is that true? the "hardball" strategists break down the gop choice of strategies about helping the economy or helping themselves. and not since the know-nothing party briefly emerged about 160 years ago as a party, either party championed ignorance. but in today's republican party, it seems the lack of educational credentia...