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Pro-life and when we could talk about social issues at one monolith ick whole, that's over. >> as far as the marijuana issue, it's been a libertarian argument for a while. lest we forget his father ron paul's rift at one of the debates on heroin legalization. coming from rand paul this isn't terribly surprising but it does show that the strain of libertarianism within the republican party is growing stronger with him. >> i've got to say i appreciate this when a member of the senate takes a principle stand, but if you look at -- you think about the idea of him running for president, if you look...

Dad because he's been thoughtful and open minded in how he has approached the issue and because he has shown that he is willing to take a political rick to take a principle stand, he was a good man before he changed his position and as he good man now, just as there are good people on either side of the issue. that's will portman about his dad. he noted what at least their family saw as a political risk for his father. >> yeah. and i think that that risk would have been much more pronounced four years ago. we've seen this issue change so rapidly. just a nine-year period. where back in our own ...

Very strong stand he would have had many many more small contributors, would have had a mandate in the second term to take all this on and i think -- the decision is done i can't do anything about it but i think it's sad. >> i think most liberals in the country view it as a principle stand, but the reality is that you can't win unless you have a bunch of money to counter $500 billion of negative ads. >> that is the issue. >> ari, did the president do the right thing? >> i think he did what he has to do. we're talking about playing by the rules. he's playing by the rules, some of the rules are ...

Could have done better with a very strong stand he would have had many many more small contributors, would have had a mandate in the second term to take all this on and i think -- the decision is done i can't do anything about it but i think it's sad. >> i think most liberals in the country view it as a principle stand, but the reality is that you can't win unless you have a bunch of money to counter $500 billion of negative ads. >> that is the issue. >> ari, did the president do the right thing? >> i think he did what he has to do. we're talking about playing by the rules. he's playing by the...

Could have done better with a very strong stand he would have had many many more small contributors, would have had a mandate in the second term to take all this on and i think -- the decision is done i can't do anything about it but i think it's sad. >> i think most liberals in the country view it as a principle stand, but the reality is that you can't win unless you have a bunch of money to counter $500 billion of negative ads. >> that is the issue. >> ari, did the president do the right thing? >> i think he did what he has to do. we're talking about playing by the rules. he's playing by the...