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Arms, can't comb his hair. the things we take for granted. >> his marriage to first wife carol fell apart. captain mccain became a naval liaison to the u.s. senate where he caught the political bug. in 1982 he ran for the house from arizona, home with new wife cindy, and won. four years later it was on to the u.s. senate. early on, controversy. the ceting five. mccain and four other senators met regulators investigating the failed savings and loan bank a mccain contributor. >> i of course am relieved i have been exonerated. >> an investigation rebuked him before judgment. it sent mccain on a c...

The hot seat. >> that's such an important point that harry made. i noticed that when i was reading it i didn't highlight it the way harry just did. i'm so glad he did because this introduces an element of pre-medation and rather distant pre-medation from the events that actually erupt the next year with the two women that created the dynamics that forced or encouraged, i should say, donald trump and michael cohen and others in the campaign to commit this crime. and so it wasn't something that was suddenly upon him and these inexperienced people just kind of frantically tried to put something t...

Year with the two women that created the dynamics that forced or encouraged, i should say, donald trump and michael cohen and others in the campaign to commit this crime. and so it wasn't something that was suddenly upon him and these inexperienced people just kind of frantically tried to put something together to protect the candidate. this was something planned. this was a premeditated, planned million plan. >> yeah. it has all the ear marks of a conspiracy. and then they pull the trigger as the election approaches, very close to the election. anybody who was involved in the agreement to vio...

Driving that debt, that deficit spending. ear marks contribute to that. we do have to take a look at our mandatory spending as well. i think most americans aren't aware of the overwhelming part of our budget, which is mandatory spending. >> dana: you don't have a lot to play with at the end of the day. final thoughts. there's some people that would be easier to let earmarks be allowed in order to get some things done in the congress. i know that's a controversial idea. but when you're trying to make deals and get someone to decide to vote for something that is for the overall good, i hear a li...

We see so much abuse. we cannot afford to drive our debt any higher. we continue with deficit spending. right now every american's share of our debt is $64,000. we can't sustain that. we have to be responsible. we need to eliminate ear marks. >> the deficit spending isn't really being driven by ear marks per se. that's because we have entitledment programs that need to be funded and reformed. so much of the budget has to be taken up with those entities. no one is talking about reforming those. do you see that possibly on the horizon? >> well, i do see that as a point of discussion. i do sit on...