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Consultants. >> pro-life issues are very important to republicans and then all of a sudden one of the old-established pro-life groups is saying aim not pro-life which, is as you know, ridiculous. >> how conservative of the senate were you? you co-authored a bill that was aing mo the strictest in the country. it closed 21 of 42 abortion clinics in 2005 and in signatures the supreme court said this was just up constitutional. >> no, that's fine, that's fine. if i did it i did if. why would a group like texas right to life turn and -- i didn't do what they wanted me to done the end of life issue....

Around and try to knock you out as a legislator? >> because i didn't do what they wanted me to do on the end of life issue. >> what was it about your end- of-life bill that caused some problems ? >> they wanted no matter what the patient's condition is, if the family said to them, treat them, even though it might be very cruel to the patient to do so. >> that was to his extreme ? >> i am pro-life but one or two issues and they turn on you. >> that 2014 election, you end up losing by 300 votes. >> 300, yes. >> the year after your loss, farris wilks gave texas right to life 80% of their money. y...

State-by-state decision. like, i'm legitimately asking why you would think it's not really at risk? >> a couple things. one, so justice thomas is one justice. he says that the decision should be reconsidered. he also suggested a possible alternative basis for reaching the same conclusion. just abandoning substantive due process using the privileges and immunities clause. second, the fact that 47 republicans in the house have voted for this suggests that it's not the same sort of issue as abortion. you're highly unlikely, i think, to get a case wind its way up the courts and create a live contr...

The president undermined the legitimacy of the Supreme Court to world leaders.

Partisan. it makes us feel like we're taking sides. once again, it's very selective. for example, we don't have politicians being denied over their support, for example, of the death penalty, which is another life issue. and so that's why i think it's problematic. >> is it clear to you why now this is being done? >> i'm not sure about the timing exactly. it may have something to do with the leaked supreme court decision, but i don't know anything about the timing really. >> does one deny -- where does one draw the line? does one -- you talked about denying communion to those people who support...