affordable care act, just like with medicare part-d, the launch of the new website has not gone well, but just like medicare part-d, the early glitches in this rollout will soon be forgotten. a lot of the discussion today will focus on that website. this is an important issue and i want to learn what the secretary can tell us about the problems being experienced and how they will be fixed, but we should keep this issue in perspective. the affordable care act is working. it has been improving the health, security of millions of americans for the past three years. because of the affordable care act, more than seven million people on medicare have saved more than $8 billion on their prescription drugs. more than 100 million americans have access to free preventative
presidential nomination is all but over but we will get a taste tonight of whether the tea party will finally show some 2012 strength and a test of how important the culture wars will be in a year defined mostly today by economic challenges. our first stop indiana where 80-year-old senator richard lugar, leading republican voice on foreign policy is asking for one more term but facing a tea party and conservative revolt, revolts lugar s critics prove the senator last touch with the folks back home. dana bash is at lugar headquarters in indianapolis. you had a chance to talk with senate lugar a bit earlier today. let s listen to some of the exchange. reporter: you re 80 years old. you ve had by all accounts a stellar career. why did you decide to take on this fight within your own party rather than just say it s been great, time to go? well, first of all, because i believe that i have a unique opportunity to serve my country with regard to arms control, with regard to terr