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The scheduling issue in the grand scheme of everything happening in the v.a. isn't the only problem. i think boehner is probably right on the merits. if you fire shinseki tonight, tomorrow you're not going to wake up with a situation that's more easy to solve, what's going on in the v.a. that said, like sam said, the president and the white house are going to have to balance that against the election -- >> optics. >> the optics, the fact that we're talking about this right now on television. i don't think there's much of a question that shinseki as leader of the v.a. is damaged goods going for...

These lavish gifts in rolex watches. >> i think it will end up in a shakedown where they plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges because the virginia law, as sam said, the real scandal here, imagine if you're the lawyers for bob mcdonnell and going back and deciding to say, okay, let's find somebody that contributed to mark warner when he was governor, that contributed to george allen when he was governor, that contributed -- go back to the last five or six virginia governors and you're going to be able to find benefits that they handed out that were much greater to companies than, say,...

Doubt mcconnell to survive a primary process, or do you want the tea party candidate to be victorious? >> i think there are pros an cons for both for sure. certainly mitch mcconnell is a known brand and that's one that's weakened, one in a continues to be unpopular and vulnerable, but he'll be likely better funded for a tea party than biven. i think biven has a clear opening, as sam said, to try to make news of this and try to keep the story around. look, grimes i think is strong. she is clearly strong. she wants it, she has a lot of strong support, a lot of enthusiasm and charisma. i think sh...

If you are falsely claiming that politics is not the intention of your organization, you should be investigated. >> absolutely. but that's not what we're dealing with right now. we're not seeing facts of it. what we're also losing sight of, this is something, i'll get your comment and sam as well. that these are so-called small fish when the big fish on both sides that are raising enormous amounts of cash and affecting the elections are not being scrutinized and we are to your point, talking about some of these smaller entities. not saying they should be skirted under the table. the big fish t...

Something accomplished. >> we'll see. i don't think it will happen this time unless there are conservatives and moderates on board as well. >> part of the coalition. >> yeah. >> and each side has no to let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. that's the point schumer was making. it's the same for the other side. you're not going to come up with any law that will prevent mass killings. instead of 8,000 k12,000 kids, 8,000 killed next year, that's better. >> you're not going to ban movies and video games, but you can pressure the industry to come up with some voluntary restrictions. mental ...