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Question on abortion. the fetterman camp is highlighting oz's remarks in this just released campaign ad. >> this is who dr. oz wants in charge of women's health care decisions. >> i want women, doctors, local -- political leaders. local, political leaders. local, political leaders. >> oz would let politicians like doug mastriano ban abortion without exceptions. >> cnn's dan merica is here. dan, we have these quotes from fetterman supporters because of your reporting. tell us more about what they said about his performance. >> i spent the morning talking to folks i had met on the campaign trail...

Let's take all of those days to see how this settles in but no doubt it is one of the most closely watched senate races and last night's debate ensured it will be for the next two weeks. >> without a doubt, without a doubt. jeff zeleny, thanks for that. with me to share their reporting, lohr are lopez, josh jamerson, lee an caldwell of "the washington post" and cnn's dan merica. dan, you've been in pennsylvania a lot in recent weeks and talking this morning to some voters. >> yeah. >> how do they process this? do they view fetterman as courageous for standing up and doing the debate or have ...

Pennsylvanian and cnn political commentator michael smerconish, he anchors smerconish on cnn saturday mornings. good to see you. let's start with the senate debate and this question to how much this matters to vote he wishes. you just heard dan merica's reporting that even his supporters say they're worried about what this means for the undecided voters. how much do you think this performance matters? >> well, there's consensus, victor, as to what went down. it was a bad, bad night for john fetterman. sure, there were some answers that were poor on the part of oz, i thought oz looked slick, bu...

Voters, whatever -- however many, there are still undetermined voters and undecided voters in pennsylvania, i'm curious just going back to dan's reporting where he said that fetterman's reporters felt like they were watching a car accident, it was tough for them to stomach watching them but still support him. their concern is whether swing voters will vote for him. does he need those swing voters to beat oz? >> he does. and, bianna, here is something else that's going on in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, we have a rich history of ticket splitting, you think of al gore winning in 2000 at the...

'It was tough': Fetterman supporters voice concern that debate performance will sway undecided voters