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Lawmakers' questions on the trade for bergdahl, are you getting a sense as to whether there's much more to come out at this point? >> well, i think one of the things that the secretary and the white house is going to continue to be on fire, under fire on, is the question of an investigation. they've certainly implied, we'll look at the facts in this case. but it will seem to me that hagel might ease some of the concerns. he said, look, we want to bring this guy home. we're not saying he's a hero, we do believe in the military credence of leave no soldier behind, but we are going to investigate...

Was it a good deal. but, you know, we don't know all the circumstances the president was facing. what the options were, what the counteroffer and offers were. this is something, you know, this is a tough decision that the president had to make and he brought the guy home. >> i agree with you. i respect you as a smart, fair guy. why is this such a -- why is this such a pissy partisan thing? why do we have people all going to -- to me it's been a difficult issue. i don't find any partisanship in my heart in this. i'm trying to figure the darn thing out. why is all the democrats sort of going alo...

And realized, we're not doing thoughts and prayers, we're doing the other thing where we're going to smear not only this prisoner of war returning, we're going to smear his family, too, from the small town of hailey, idaho. so this is not normal and that's why we're seeing these flips. but, right. what if the script had been flipped? what if word leaked in a couple of months that obama had a real offer on the table to get the only prisoner of war. >> who was ailing and in ill health, which is what the words that be said from the administration. i don't know if they're telling the truth, but i ...

When i do what you tell me you want me to do. >> yeah. so there's about five elements and all run in different directions. little overlap. >> are you going over all five? because if so i'm going to get some coffee. >> sure. you might want to get some coffee. i think you're right though. there were a universe of republican senators who said do whatever you can to get this guy home. this was a couple months ago. and it would have benefitted the administration if they brought them in and said here's what we're doing. we're thinking about an operation in a couple weeks. we'll keep you apprised. i ...

Away from the bergdahl parents? he said a million miles. he is a deserter, but we bring him to full justice but not leave him stranded over there. that is an argument one can make. you can make the argument as to whether or not the trade was right or not. the israelis sometimes trade a thousand prisoners for a single soldier. and put the president with the partners and arm and arm and as opposed to the soldiers who believe their sons were killed searching for bergdahl. that was a brave miscalculation on the part of the white house. they thought it was seen as a celebration and brought our guy ...