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Preserve everything except medicare advantage. there are things and the president has said this, there are things that are going to have to be reformed in medicare. that doesn't mean, though, that the republicans who want to kill it. so the important thing tactically here and politically is that people understand the distinction between reform and killing these programs is what the republicans have just voted to do. >> all right. ley it right there, jonathan alter. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, jay. all right. now next, president obama spoke out on the birthers. what did he...

Fact, the medium wage has gone down, you know there's something wrong. but what's wrong is not that we're taxing the wealthy too much, it's that we're not investing enough in the middle class and those struggling to get to the middle class. >> congressman, we're now at the lowest tax rate as a percentage of gdp since 1931. so when they keep saying we don't have a revenue problem, that's wrong. we do have a revenue problem. but when it comes to medicare and protecting it, it seems like a huge issue. the president says he's drawing the line. he won't let them do a voucher. he's willing to cut me...

So i'm looking forward to his response here. that was an event for donors. but i hope that we get to hear more of that in public from the president. he'll have an opportunity next week when he hits the road to sell his plan for the budget and his vision for america. when you look at the comments, i'm telling you, now we're having fun. it's refreshing to see the democrats fight back. and as the president would say, go at it. joining me now is congressman jim moran, democrat for virginia and member of the caucus who serves on the appropriations committee. congressman moran, this medicare vote ap...