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Ten-state match-up. nbc's tracie potts has more now from washington. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: good morning. super tuesday will be big. more than ten states and more than 400 delegates, and rick santorum is hoping to get some of those delegates in a few days after michigan where he almost won but didn't but got a number of delegates. now he says this race is down to two people, him and mitt romney. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at this point. speaking of romney, today there's a vote here on capitol hill about the so-called blunt amendment that would exempt employers w...

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You ended up opposing the bill believing that harry reid was rushing you all and he angered you by telling the "new york times" that it was a waste of time, what did you learn from the critical showdowns from your party and the opposition? >> it's become an all or nothing proposition and in the instance of the health care bill that became law, the problem is, you mow, much of that was actually crafted behind closed doors. we never had the opportunity to have an open amendment process as i was promised. so that we can truly have bipartisanship and develop a more practical approach to the issue ...

Opportunity for us to get a really great democratic voice from maine and i look forward to that. but, i would just say, that what is happening on the floor right now is part of what i think speaks to the a anxt of all americans, we have a bill that will create thousands of jobs and deal with the infrastructure, and it is being killed by the blunt amendment. >> what do you say to senate mcconnell, that it's religion issue, not a contraception issue. >> i cannot disagree more, it clearly states, any employer, doesn't matter who you are, whether you are a barber or multi-national corporation can ...

Employee gets sick, i will tell him a joke. i mean, this thing is so over the top, reverend al. they have lost their way. and, you know, i -- you could -- it's hard to believe that it would have 22 senators on t and by t -- it. and by the way, i'm proud i'm chairman of the environmental public works committee. we have a bill on the floor, height way bill. reverend al, we protect 1.8 million jobs and create up to another 1 million jobs. that is 2.8 million jobs, construction jobs mostly. guess what the first amendment they want? the blunt amendment to take away health care from the american peo...