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And they were wrong. so i took to the senate floor determined to block the bill the only way i could. by filibustering. >> democratic state senator wendy davis was announcing her bid for governor, taking on rick perry's -- greg abbott. reminding texans her first filibuster wasn't her pink running shoes wearing stance over the abortion bill. it was for education. under the able leadership of the perry abbott tag team texas has dropped to dead last in high school graduation rates and remain dead last in the percentage of people with health care. it makes sense that governor rick perry would call...

Of bacon. low blow. in response, christie fired back. he said that kind of name calling is beneath the office you hold, sir. but just to clarify, would i be the king of real juicy pork bacon or that gross generic turkey bacon? to which paul replied, well, i don't know, man, bacon bacon. look, your fiscal values are not in line with the republican party. to which christie said are you kidding? i'm as republican as they come. but hey, back to that king of bacon thing. you think i would wear a crown of bacon or sit on a throne of bacon or i would be eating bacon all the time? dude, it was just a ...

Republican governorings are doing it, too. the reason they're doing it, it's free money. particularly if they come from states with a lot of retirees like rick scott in florida or jan brewer in arizona. what a lot of people don't understand, much of medicaid goes for seniors. to keep them from moving in with their children in the rec room or on the couch. it gives them money for assisted living. >> nursing homes. >> nursing homes of all kinds. the point here is that she can't deal with her budget crisis until she gets some money for her medicaid shortfall and she can't do that without eating c...

It too. the reason they're doing it, it's free money. particularly if they come from states with a lot of retirees like rick scott in florida or jan brewer in arizona. what a lot of people don't understand, much of medicaid goes for seniors. to keep them from moving in with their children in the rec room or on the couch. it gives them money for assisted living. >> nursing homes. >> nursing homes of all kinds. the point here is that she can't deal with her budget crisis until she gets some money for her medicaid shortfall and she can't do that without eating crow on obama-care. >> here are the ...

To keep them from moving in with their children in the rec room or on the couch. it gives them money for assisted living. >> nursing homes. >> nursing homes of all kinds. the point here is that she can't deal with her budget crisis until she gets some money for her medicaid shortfall and she can't do that without eating crow on obama-care. >> here are the dollars and cents from the ram study. the loss in federal dollars for those states opting out, $8.4 billion, increased state spending of a billion dollars. my question to you. you have republican governors like jan brewer and rick scott in fl...