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Senate who everybody gives deference to when it comes to foreign policy. >> right. >> we've said it for years. republicans have wanted to be out of afghanistan for years. they've been uncomfortable with this neocon approach for years. and they quietly say we line up behind john mccain. i think john mccain is critical here, but there's no doubt that mitch mcconnell has to understand that crossing a war hero who saved his brother's life, who is in the mainstream far more so than lindsey graham, in the mainstream of u.s. foreign policy, you know, it's going to be a hard guy for mitch mcconnell to...

"playbook." >> can we first talk about the copy editor? >> mike, john heilemann wants to talk to you for a second. he wants to blame something that's entirely his fault on you. >> i'm not blaming anybody. i'm just saying you guys got to work on the copy editing in "politico." >> what are you talking about? explain it. go ahead. >> again, you read the sentence. in the 2008 farewell address to hagel, mcconnell praised hagel's heroism in vietnam knowing how hagel saved his brother. saved his brother. referring back to mcconnell, not to hagel. >> excuse me -- >> especially the word "own" would hav...

Completely in a different direction and brought up a very good point. but back to today, if you look at what happened and you look at where we're going and why we're not talking about spending, it's because the president got rolled on taxes last time around. he got hammered for it. he had no choice but to make this happen the way he did. and quite frankly, boehner, cantor, mcconnell, the most difficult people on the face of the earth is what we've learned by watching the sausages being made. could anyone negotiate with them and get anything done? >> well, actually, yes. >> oh, really? >> joe b...

That summed it up. that sums up why the fiscal cliff ended up where it did. he's difficult. i'd stop looking at the president. >> so mitch mcconnell's brother's life was saved by chuck hagel? >> dragged out of an armored personnel carrier that exploded after hitting a land mine. hagel pulled mcconnell's brother out. >> perhaps, willie, he doesn't like his brother. >> it's not his favorite brother, let's be his favorite. >> you guys are looking at the wrong person with regard to personalities. >> that's a tough vote to win. >> and you're undecided -- i'm undecided. >> and mcconnell's quote, ear...

Him. >> i don't think he endorsed him. >> unofficial surrogate. >> again, this is a confirmation hearing where the senate dgives deference to the president. mcconnell, around this "politico" story with quotes from mcconnell's farewell speech to hagel where he points out that hagel saved mcconnell's brother in vietnam, so we're not really sure. and singing his praises. >> that's only in the movie version. >> it's going to be hard for mcconnell to oppose him vocally here. >> that kind of sums everything up because if you watched yesterday's "meet the press," i mean, all this talk last week about...