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But, look, the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception within a relationship between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, i'm not going there. >> "i'm not for the bill." "i'm not going there." that was mitt romney in an interview with the ohio news network, proclaiming that he is against something called the blunt amendment, or the blunt/rubio amendment. the amendment would let employers pick and choose what their employees get from health insurance. now, this, of course, sprung from a republican desire that your boss should be able to block you from gettin...

State in a letter to speaker boehner signed by more than 75 members of the congress called on the house leadership to repudiate those comments. as leaders of the house that initially denied this, miss fluke the right to speak, the republicans have a special obligation to condemn the atrocious and hurtful words spoken by mr. limbaugh. leader pelosi also called on republican leaders to condemn limbaugh's comments. are you hearing from any republican senators on this? are you hearing any of them saying this isn't us talk, even though we disagree on the policy question? >> i haven't heard a word f...

Questions about contraception within a relationship between a man and a woman, a husband and wife, i'm not going there. >> so there's a principled statement. a presidential candidate should not get involved in a relationship between a man and woman. whether they use birth control or not. okay. a short time later in another radio interview with another good guy, howie carr, a good buddy on the right, romney said he misunderstood that question. let's listen to him with howie carr, a friendly interviewer. >> i didn't understand his question. of course, i support the blunt amendment. i thought he ...

For president, if somebody says blunt, rubio amendment, first of all you should know what it is. and secondly, your political instinct should be, let's see, blunt and rubio. i'm for that. they are republicans. they are guys i want to have support me i'm for that bill. this is something that's been on the front pages of every major newspaper for the past three or four weeks. >> give a chance to respond. did he not know who blunt and rubio were? >> i'm not disagreeing with you here. i said the man answered honestly in the first instance. then the politics set in and he's made the course correcti...

Exempting churches and synagogues. he went further later and said insurance companies would have to pay for this coverage and not require the churches or synagogues to sign on to something they can't within their own religious beliefs do so. i think he really went the extra yard here. you're great to come on the show tonight. i didn't know you'd be coming on in the face of rush limbaugh, but i think you did a good job on that character of the republican party. thank you so much. senator kirsten gillibrand of new york. coming up, mitt romney was against the blunt amendment. that's the one who...