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In terms of whether the press holds him to the same standard as the mark foley situation, i think that the big difference is that he's leaving versus what the mark foley situation, it was sort of an ongoing thing and it sort of fed the fire by letting him still be there. the democrats actually dealt with this probably the best they could do when it came out and just kind of distanced themselves. >> jon: now the question is, what did nancy pelosi know and when did she know it. does that deserve investigation? >> sure, absolutely. >> one of the biggest things with the foley situation was what di...

The -- the speaker's office is the melting -- or the mixing pot. >> also, chris, you're right. the education story i was talking about is kansas city, not kansas. >> that's right. really quickly on the nancy pelosi's issue if nancy's time line is right and the facts bear that out, i think she's fine. if you hear about the crude talk back in october and that it was, and you didn't find out until february about these other things, but we'll see. remember, mike, with the mark foley issue, republicans came out and said we didn't know until this time, but you start digging in, do the investigation....

>> tickle fight -- >> snorkel -- >> snorkeling -- >> snorkel? >> snorkeling. >> naked as a jay bird, i was fondling a cat. >> are you gay? >> reporter: glenn beck spoke for all of us. >> america, i have to shoot straight with you, i think i've wasted your time. >> reporter: david shuster, i hope i haven't wasted your team, as eric massa did with all of us. >> you know, willie, first of all, that was a great piece. have you ever heard the it term snorkeling before? >> reporter: i have to confess i had never heard it before and i was horrified when i used my google engine there and made some rau...

Republican congressman and it required health plans to have parity in the way they treat mental illnesses along with physical illnesses. that was a major breakthrough for him. i interviewed first lady rosslyn carter who has been a mental health advocate many years. she said patrick kennedy has lifted and peel back that veil of shame that existed in society around those issues. >> a great interview, phillip. thank you for talking to us. >> glad to be here. >> ed schulz will join us to talk about health care, the president and nancy pelosi and politics surrounding former congressman eric massa. ...

Until this point. and the investigation starts. >> and we find out later after the investigation starts, they knew a month before. so this is so much like foley and the importance of it is that this sort of story gets on the late night shows. everybody talks about it, and it gives republicans a nice bow to put on their box of culture of corruption which you sell in the fall which is what happened with foley. foley was a small situation. bad for what he did, but had very little to do with deficits or debt. but a great punchline for democrats. it was the bow on top of a lot of other things. >> s...