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Consider. >> so get out your secret decoder ring again, right, this is step one for john mccain. an exchange of prisoners for our american fighting man. i would be inclined to support that. that is step one. step two is president obama does that. the same deal that had been on the table and had been discussed with congress for months if not years. exactly what john mccain said he would be inclined to support, an exchange of prisoners for american fighting man, technically, an exchange of prisoners with the taliban for our american fighting man. so step two, president obama does exactly what jo...

New discussions led by diplomats and the pentagon are under way. would you oppose the idea of some kind of negotiations or prisoner exchange? i though back in 2012 you called the idea of even negotiating with the taliban bizarre, highly questionable. >> well, at that time, the proposal was that they would release taliban, some really hard core particularly five really hard core taliban leaders as a confidence building measure. now this idea is for an exchange of prisoners for our american fighting man. i would be inclined to support such a thing, depending on a lot of the details. >> so if the...

The transfer swap, out of gitmo. >> the taliban demanded the release of five prisoners from guantanamo in exchange. new discussions led by diplomats and the pentagon are under way. >> would you oppose the idea of some form of negotiations or prisoner exchange. in 2012, you called the idea of negotiating with the taliban, bizarre, highly questionable? >> well, at that time, the proposal was that they would release taliban, some hard core, particularly. five, really hard core, taliban leaders as a confidence building measure. now this idea is for an exchange of prisoners for -- for our american ...

>> the taliban demanded the release of five prisoners from guantanamo in exchange. new discussions led by diplomats and the pentagon are under way. >> would you oppose the idea of some form of negotiations or prisoner exchange. in 2012, you called the idea of negotiating with the taliban, bizarre, highly questionable? >> well, at that time, the proposal was that they would release taliban, some hard core, particularly. five, really hard core, taliban leaders as a confidence building measure. now this idea is for an exchange of prisoners for -- for our american fighting man. i would be inclined...

Think part of this is, you know, before you fire somebody, you better know who you're going to have to replace. why did stan mcchrystal so easily get fired by the president? he had david petraeus ready to go, boom, suddenly it looked like a very commanding decision. >> let me -- >> let me tell you real quick, if the president's on the phone right now and says, general, are you ready to do this and that's who he's got replacing, he can fix this problem perceptionwise in a hurry. >> let me ask, this is sort of a constitutional question. you know, i saw this with colin powell during the iraq war,...