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Medical condition, so you have, you know, that might be something that you can use as a negotiating technique to maybe hit a soft button, but clearly it becomes a problem because now you're dealing with the welfare of the child and the welfare of the hostage taker. >> mighty tough. i guess you're working with the parents all the time on this, right? >> the intelligence team would wind up working with the parents and collecting the data. normally in these setups you have a primary negotiator that's doing the talking with the hostage taker and you have the coach, the person who is kind of the bl...

Rattle sabers and go to war. >> no one is saying go to war, but it's the worst negotiating technique in the world to take something completely off of the table and get nothing for it. basically, what you said to the country, whose president said they would like to write israel off the face of the map that we will not respond, we will not be aggressive. >> with all due respect, i don't want to sit there and listen to lecturing about national security from republicans and administration, the previous one that led us into two wars, including one we never had to fight. that being said, let's give ...

To be more flexible with them on missile defense after the election. you know, i found remarkably shocking. it's probably the worst negotiating technique in the world to tell somebody that you plan to be on their side when this hinthing is over. so i do think issues that haven't been discussed enough will now become front and center in this presidential race. >> we've talked about how important the debates will be and both campaigns have said the first may be the most important out of this election. but i'm wondering if now the fourth debate, foreign affairs, which for some people would not be...

Trigger, if they disagree and never come to an agreement, that is what happens. it's their worst nightmare. >> it starts 2013. it's the multidimensional chess theory. numerous steps ahead of the opposition and they have very wisely put them into this position where their back is up against the wall. now, they are facing, if nothing happens an increase in taxes. the issue, however, is that as my -- i like your phrase, taking a child hostage. >> i hope the kids aren't watching. >> you are saying it's not effective. >> if it were effective -- >> democrats have said we are not going raise taxes on...

Number. >> you know about that as a negotiating technique. if you want to send a message, nothing is more potent than not returning a phone call. if it's the president of the united states, and you don't return it, you're sending a message to him. >> you're about the only person i know that wouldn't return the president's call. >> apparently i'm in the same company of john boehner. >> apparently they were sending every 8 1/2 years. and president obama did the press conferences two hours before the meeting. let's listen to john boehner just within the hour talking about his side of the story. >...