Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100728:01:37:00
They meth odically went through their case and made it very clear you don't have to be successful at extorting but simply try. in example after example this man tried to trade government action for personal things like campaign contributions. the defense had no way to refute that except for some of those funny lines you heard. i thought it was a very ineffectual close and i think they're having second thoughts about not putting him on the stand and not calling a lot of other witnesses who might have made it much more interesting. >> you know, one of the things about this national coverage is t...