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Those who have a very different opinion on this difficult and sensitive issue. he said this in a letter to chairman reince priebus. our party platform should make the same concession to those of us who believe in a woman's right to choose. obviously he's running against elizabeth warren in massachusetts. but again, this party has got to get up to 2012 here or it's going to go down the drain. they're going to lose people like scott brown. people like scott brown are going to lose. go ahead. >> don't make scott brown too much of a hero. he had a chance to vote against the blount amendment and ca...

Backs down. he's not going to fight these people. and furthermore, who would be his allies? who are the people in that party who are going to stand up for women's rights? this is a party where in the senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blount amendment, excuse me, the blount amendment which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with women's issues. it wasn't framed that way. the only one to vote against it was olympia snowe who is leaving the senate. so there's no there there ...

Senate, the entire republican caucus voted for the fluke -- what was it called, the flake amendment? the blount amendment, excuse me, the blount amendment which allowed employers to sort of basically stop any kind of health care coverage that dealt with women's issues. it wasn't framed that way. the only one to vote against it was olympia snowe who is leaving the senate. so there's no there there for people who would stand with romney/ryan if they wanted to take the disingenuous position that they support exceptions on abortion. >> i don't even know what happens tomorrow on this let alone in t...

Republicans are doing thing at the moment which appear to be negative toward women. we know that in tennessee, a bill would require the names of all doctors who provide abortion services to have their names published. why not just put a target on their name on a website and have a map. why this? >> i think it is a very personal issue. i don't think it's one the government needs to get involved with. it is really unfair to women. it is like we're being targeted. i think that's also why women need to be more active in running for office and speaking out. >> but crystal, we know about the blount ...

Step up and say, hey, this is the right thing to do. we have infrastructure problems in the country. if he wants to support the wage earners the way that mike dewine has been saying and also last week on the broadcast, this is the perfect opportunity. where is romney going to be on this? this is a great issue for the president. it is a slam dunk for him, and he wants it and middle-classers want it and wage earners want it and this is the next big fight when it comes to wage earners. >> but the fight of mitt romney is that you are a big spending guy to rick santorum, and trying to underscore th...