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Lake and john feery. >> you heard eric cantor essentially saying we're just waiting for the president to do something but the thing i keep coming back to is the republican party or the democratic party is not going to let taxes go up on folks by at least a thousand dollars starting january 1st. what is this about, then? is this a fight that you didn't need to pick? >> well, you know, first of all, as a former house guy -- >> right. >> the house hates to get jammed by the senate and the senate -- you see mccain doing this. i've seen this before where mccain gets up and credit sideses the house ...

As tearing down. >> sure, let me respond, michael. i think the implication from the statement taken away, if you look at the words, yes. but the implication coming from that statement was he thought that they should build the mosque on the site. then he backed away from that on saturday leading to a mass confusion. of course, i agree with religious pluralism and religious freedom. i'm as irish-catholic as you are. >> i know, john. >> i believe fiercely we should have the idea of religious freedom in the counted. but the idea of also putting a mosque on the 9/11 site offend me. >> let me ask a ...

They take great offense to this -- >> they don't all take great offense. they don't. >> well, most of them do. they have a right to be heard on this. i think their views have a right to be respected. >> is the president -- do i have time to quickly share rush limbaugh's comments from today? can we go to rush. i want you both to respond to that before we have to shut this down. >> this is the first time in a long time, sir, i can recall the democrats, the liberals ever even caring about property rights. there's so much here. there is so much to learn here. you know, we thought obama was our fir...

It's a local issue, blah blah, blah. there's already a mosque a few blocks away. should we close that mosque, too, michael? this is why the freedoms are so important. when you compromise on one thing. okay, not two blocks. how about four. there are porn shops in the neighborhood. let's shut those, two. those are a disservice to the memory of those who died on 9/11. thinks preposterous. >> john feery, is it preposterous, and do you know it in your heart? >> i think it's a big mistake for the folks to build the mosque so close to the 9/11 site they're going out of their way to stir the pot in th...

Welcome back to "hardball." with his comments this weekend, president obama ensured the debate about the mosque at ground zero will become a national issue. but could republicans turn it into a mid-term election issue. and between this and the debate over reviewing the 14th amendment, are these really issues the gop wants to leverage? john feery is a republican strategist. joan walsh is the editor. i would like to start with what senator reid said about the mosque earlier today. the first amendment protects freedom of religion. senator reid respects that but thinks the mosque should be built i...