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We have to come together and come up with some fairness in this overall deal. >> i don't know if you just heard congressman jeff flake, your counterpart from arizona, republican counterpart. you know, the concern they have is with putting off sequestration. you're just kicking the can down the road, just another indication congress is broken. we already know this is the least productive congress in history. something like 219 bills passed, at least 40 ins consequential, things like renaming post offices. can you just keep putting things off? at some point don't you have to deal with spending? ...

On our radar this morning, cot race be turning in a place like pennsylvania? senate fights get nasty across the country. get to t in arizona, richard carmona and jeff flake traded real blows over the tv ads last week, reacting to a flake ad in which carmona's old boss accuses him of having anger shall use and issues with women. carmona fired back at flake. >> congressman flake, in his desperation, because his campaign is failing, my numbers come up, felt he had to do something to discredit me no merit to any of there, i would urge the public, take a look at the record in the press and elsewher...

Voting bloc and one that would presumably go for todd akin, the republican candidate, in that race. now, that same poll had akin down by six points. and the question is whether or not some of those voters who may be registering a protest vote and someone who's not -- people who are not willing to support akin may eventually come home. the democrats, claire mccaskill, either want dine to participate in a thursday debate, that is something that the akin camp does not want, and it's a question whether or not him and as well as these other states, these other libertarian candidates, can pull off a...

Earned because those are not entitlements which is what congressman flake has said. they are not entitlements, these are earned benefits. >> that's part of the 47%, right? >> probably so but, you know, for me i'm keeping focused on the specifics that i will never waiver from supporting our veterans for protecting medicare, protecting social security, to make sure our seniors, again, who have earned those benefits. they've put in every paycheck for 40 or 50 years. we can't pull the rug out from under them now. we owe that to the seniors to make sure they live their lives in comfort and dignity ...

Can get in the way. republicans and democrats both got it wrong. we've got to make health care affordable for small business and working families. through innovation and preventative care while also cutting waste and fraud. i'm rich carmona and i approve this message because it's time to tackle tough problems together. >> mr. carmona, just give me a minute, tell me what you did in vietnam. >> i was a u.s. army special forces medic and weapons specialist on an a team, and i served in combat carrying out special operations on behalf of our country. >> so you were in it. >> yes, yes, i was and wi...