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>> i'm sure it matters to them a lot but they will weigh that in an election setting. who's is worse, how bad is the offense and how does it stack up to their apology and contrition afterwards, but the thing is, these are political decisions fundamentally. it's unsatisfying for everybody. right? you want there to be a framework he has to submit to bethe problem, there really isn't and the ethics committee is definitely not it. >> what happens -- what should happen to al franken? he's arguably done the least, least inappropriate thing with this alleged groping. arguably, in comparison to what's...

Other in a social environment and call the person who you compete against on that basketball court or house floor a friend. i hope tonight was the message to the american people that it is fine to have political discourse and to have it in an election setting is fine and in a campaign setting is fine. but outside of that particular arena we are friends. these are our fellow americans and we are all in this together. america is either going to sink or rise together. it's important to keep in mind to have 25,000 people show up tonight that was the message from this ballpark to the american peopl...

Ribs with your elbows and you're going to compete as best you can to be able to win. but once you get out of the house floor, once you get off the senate floor, once you get off that basketball court, you can still interact with each other in a social environment and call the person who you compete against on that basketball court a friend. and i hope tonight was the message to the american people, it's fibne to have this politicl discourse, and to have it an election setting is fine, to have it in a campaign setting the fine. but outside of that political arena, these are our friends. these a...

They're going to be even more cautious next time about the possibility of bringing it up again. >> you know, bri fallon, rebecca berg, was with us last hour as this news was breaking, and his reaction was basically, bring it on. he had the sense that democrats would be fine with the idea -- they're not going to support this bill by any stretch of the imagination, but if republicans back a bill -- and again, we don't know the exact parameters of it -- but that did in some way, you know, cut back on essential health benefit guarantees, did in some way cut back on the community rating guarantees,...

Really conservative. he'll talk about other governors who are having success with schi conservatism. the other one to watch is ted cruz. it straw poll doesn't matter who is going to win the presidency and gives you a jolt of momentum. ted cruz is the fan favorite. the conservatives love the guy. and i think if you had to bet who is going to win that straw poll it's him, not rand paul who won it last time around. it's going to continue to give momentum to the ted cruz wing of the republican party which a lot of people think is not electable in a jen election setting but very popular in a primar...