Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120113:20:06:00
>> it then becomes a question of whether or not his conversion is what we would call a courthouse conversion where you're not athen tick and you haven't changed your way of thinking. you'll just tell the judge whatever you need to tell him so you don't go to prison. if there are a lot of changes then they have a lot of explaining they need to do. that's not saying you can't overcome that burden of persuasion. you have to persuade people that your epiphany was real. there's been republican leaders who are changed parties. the burden is on him to do the persuading. if he says he's had a legitima...
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