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This is loser to a single payer system than where we are today f this isn't going to work and it's not so far, then let's go back to giving state flexibility like ohio. let us make decisions about what is best, and open up the marketplace. >> what a novel idea let the states govern themselves i like that idea mary, thanks for joining us. great to have you. >> i'll be back with closing thoughts right after this, stay with us. ♪ [ male announc ] your eyes. even at a distance of 10 mis... the length 146 football fields... they can see the light of a single candle. your eyes are amazing. look af...

>> that is not true. it is absolutely false. jon: let's hear it from the governor and we'll get back to you. >> i want state flexibility to craft programs in a way that is best for each state. this idea that the federal government telling states what to do in my opinion is the wrong way to go. but my, my focus is on increasing work requirements, not eliminating them. what the president is doing is saying we're going to take out the requirement for work. it's a big mistake. jon: you disagree with that, chris? >> no, i don't disagree with the point what he is saying but the fact is that is what ...

Legislature he vetoed legislation that would have weakened the work requirement. i'm not quite sure about that. i do think the ad is correct. when people say that governor romney in 2005 signed a letter saying that he wanted some state flexibility all of those republican governors who asked for that in 2005, and this gets sort of to the crux of this. they weren't asking for waivers of the work requirements, they were asking for flexibility in actually implementing a lot of some of the federal money that was coming into the state. >> quickly just a note this is from "the washington post," not a...

store. gabby giffords survived and is still recovering. he will avoid the death penalty. after the hearing a number of survivors came together outside the courthouse. >> give up this hopelessness in this country that we can't do anything. because we can and we must. >> these taboo words, gun control can be spoken plainly in the halls of congress again. >> one of ways i believe we can make good come out of this, is to begin some common sense discussion about who should bear arms. what hands should firearms go into. >> kyung lah was in the courtroom. >> he seemed calmer than previous a...

He's got a big problem, because obamacare is modeled after romneycare. they're both reasonable health care plans and they both do allow a lot of state flexibility. >> i can hear the ads right now. i have them in my head, right? let's just do a little more from romney yesterday. here we go. >> federal government isn't the answer for running health care any more than it's the answer for running amtrak or the post office. obamacare is bad law constitutionally, it's bad policy, it's bad for american families, and that's one reason why president obama will be a one-term president. >> so, beyond hea...