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What have you seen of the health care bill? >> i haven't seen it. >> is that a problem? >> never a problem, no. i always like to move forward with legislation i've never seen. >> john mccain, one of the gop's longest serving senators, deep in sarcasm because he doesn't know what is in his party's health care bill. what would it mean if republican leaders plan on a vote next thursday when people don't know what's in their plan. let's ask editor in chief of vox, ezra klein. and andy slavit. it is good to have you both here. ezra, let's start with the why. why do you believe the process is the wa...

Needless to say, we think senate democrats should continue to spend some quality time getting our nominations moved out of the senate. this afternoon, the president will have his final public event by speaking on the phone with mississippi governor bryant, they are going to discuss storm relief and recovery efforts underway in mississippi and any help that the governor needs from the federal government. today, the president also announced the appointment of an incredibly qualified team to serve under the guidance of white house counsel to address compliance and ethics matters. this team consis...

We need him. he is a very thoughtful, gentle man. he does a lot for our state and our country without being pushy and nasty about it. if he doesn't win the primary -- i certainly hope he does, then certainly i'm going to reach out and try to work with chris mcdaniel. >> all right. senator lott, senator daschle, the report is fantastic, but depressing that you had to write it down in many ways. thank you both for fronting this. up next, a race to build a coalition government in iraq. andrea mitchell has a sitdown with secretary of state john kerry in iraq, what he's up against. first tdr's tr...

Time for the deep dive into the republican rift. and some insight from one of the party's longest serving senators. for 36 years indiana's dick lugar carried and defined what a republican was in the state of indiana. and carried that banner in congress until his bid for a seventh term enlded in a primary defeat as the hands of a tea party conservative named murdoch. >> we do our country a disservice if we mistake the act of taking positions for governance. they are not the same thing. governance requires adaptation to shifting circumstances. it often requires finding common ground with america...

this week we learned that the measure of consumer confidence fell for the fourth month in a row to its lowest levels since january. you may disagree with why it's down. but, again, the customer who in this case is the american consumer is always right when it comes to the economy. why? because if americans are worried about the economy, they delay making important purchases and a perceived economic slowdown can easily become a reality. okay. so it's happening. but why? well, probably the biggest reason is this -- jobs. 20 straight months of job growth. yes. but over the last five mon...