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I'll leave it to others to decide what was motivating mitt romney, but on that substantive matter, rick, i have to question why that was the priority and not the border issues. >> let me bring rick in. so, ari is saying three things here. first of all, that when you look at -- >> i heard him. >> the gaffes aside, that you have to look at the policy, you have to deal with the press, and thirdly, deal with the substantive characterization here of what is going on in terms of foreign policy. do you think getting beyond the grasp, mitt romney told us what he would do say if the syrian regime colla...

Not the border issues. >> let me bring rick in. so, ari is saying three things here. first of all, that when you look at -- >> i heard him. >> the gaffes aside, that you have to look at the policy, you have to deal with the press, and thirdly, deal with the substantive characterization here of what is going on in terms of foreign policy. do you think getting beyond the grasp, mitt romney told us what he would do say if the syrian regime collapsed and some other crisis is going on or if europe's economy fell off a cliff, if we experience growing tensions with china, north korea, terrorist organ...

That's a date that will live in infamy along with those other dates. >> wow, that was not a fireside chat by fdr. i'm joined by joann reid and republican strategist susan del percio to whom i'll turn first. is expanded health care coverage on par with a terrorist attack, for real, though? >> no, i promise. no. end it there. i mean, and there is a point to be made. they say there's a religious carve-out here, but it's not the case. and you know, the work around still does put a lot of religious institutions in a bind. that being said, preventive care of any sort as far as i'm concerned is a gre...

You're so wrong i'm not going to let you talk. >> let mr. steele finish. >> let me tell you where you're wrong. deal with it. >> i will deal with it. >> the reality of the facts are that -- >> the reality of the facts? >> the real facts, bob, okay? are that this administration spent $5 trillion. >> that's wrong, that's wrong. a lot of it is automatic stabilizers. >> let me finish my point. >> it's a lie. >> it's not a lie. the debt was $10 trillion on the day he was inaugurated. what is it today? almost $6 trillion. who spent that money? who spent the money? >> because of the bush economic col...

Really made too much of this from the political reporters. >> you don't think i'm being delusional and you think he had a good trip over there. let's turn to ari melber. do you think rick has a point or is he missing the more insightful analyses we might make of the foreign policy adventure? >> i would look at it in three ways. number one, when you are president, you have to deal with the foreign press. so whether they are fair or not, that is one of the layers of international diplomacy because you're dealing with foreign governments and their peoples, their populations and what they get from...