Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100202:01:05:00
So political lly splor addic on the hill. if it were a law like the base closing commission. and judd gregg, the republican of whom there's no humor in terms of deficit reduction was really strongly behind that, as was kent conrad. a lot of republicans were for it, including mitch mcconnell, the republican leader. then he turns on a dime, mcconnell does, as do some other republicans, because they realize that the thing might pass, and they didn't dare let it pass, because that would give barack obama the political upper hand on deficit reduction. >> did congressman jeb "don't call me jim" hens...