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Options. and you know, because there's been a lot of speculation over the last couple of days about what the various things happening in the middle east will mean for gas prices going forward. so i think it was more of a reassuring move rather than any kind of panic mode. >> okay. how about from your perspective, robert, the strategy behind the chief of staff floating this idea out there? is that a way of perhaps even testing the oil market and even just by hearing that keeping oil prices down? >> absolutely. look, anytime you have a situation in the middle east that is unfolding, you put ever...

There are new federal rules that give more rights to gay citizens. hospitals are no longer able to deny visitation rights to same sex or domestic partners. now, it will also make it possible for those partners to make medical decisions for each other as well. the president of the human rights campaign, joe, thanks for joining us today. how big is this for the gay community. >> well, it's a significant move and really, i think, speaks to a very important need that all of us have when we are at our most vulnerable. as you mentioned, the president issued an order to all hospitals receiving medica...

The sponsor of that program in 2007. he's got a weak record on that and a very weak record on the votes that he cass in 2006 on 2007 on border security issues with regard to comprehensive immigration reform. this is a political move. this is not a policy move. he's not serious about policy, he is just really serious about boosting his chance necessary 2012 and those of his party in 2010. jon: we'll get to politics in a moment. i want to ask you about the peach that the president gave about this time yesterday at american university. in his opening comments he said this is two partisan, too muc...

Tariffs to right up until now, with real questions from inside the president's own inner circle of where he is going next. now, it apyres as though a lot of the questions have been worked out. like i said, we do expect to hear from senior administration officials shortly about what's going on. the president himself, obviously, at 3:30. you have allies around the world on pins and needles, waiting to see what's happening. you have people on the hill that have not been briefed about this huge policy move. they were in the dark until this morning. lots o moving pieces here and plenty of news comi...

Conditions. now a lot of members sort of balked at that and said we're hearing from our constituents and saying these protections would be eroded and that's why they decided to add this last minute amendment that would add an additional $8 billion to the high-risk pools. it's important to add we've been talking to health care experts, policy experts and they say the $8 billion is essentially a drop in the bucket. so when you talk to democrats and critics of repealing obamacare they would say this was less of a policy move and more of a political move to try to give republican lawmakers essenti...