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Medicare. you want to repeal medicare, ma'am? >> since last september when the president proposed his health plan, the clintons have campaigned for it. in almost every poll the plan's popularity has plummeted. >> health care reform became a smoking ruin. it just crashed and burned. >> the administration officials acknowledge now it was a mistake when hillary clinton's tk force drafted a health care bill in secret. then sprung it on congress. >> this had been the major issue they wanted to sell to the public and the clintons understand the defeat is both policy, but it's also going to be politi...

Loathed executive power. just a few years ago, and high stripped jim martin of his ability to hire people. what was known as the christmas massacre and tried to hire a bunch of republicans in office and right after the first of the year, the legislature passed a law allowing them to fire any state worker and teachers and cooks. if they had been hired in the last few years. this is crocodile tears and what happens when you have divided power in a state that since king george's time loathes executive power. >> did you think what they did was wrong? >> what roy cooper did in 2000 when he helped p...

Marriage for religious reasons. it's possible the state couldn't punish a state worker who refuses to process paperwork on a name change following a gay marriage in another state. or a police officer who didn't want to police a same-sex wedding ceremony. this law provides those who want to discriminate protection from state laws. the bill is expected to come up for a vote within the next few weeks. joining me now is our rapid response panel, a daily columnist for the daily beast. and john fugelsang. how long until jindal regrets writing that op-ed that he penned for "the new york times"? >> we...

We see some of the highest paid state worker being the football coach or basketball coach? >> actually, in 39 of 50 states, the highest paid employee is the football coach or basketball coach. it's about stanford, notre dame, northwestern. the ruling states that at public colleges the players have to go according to whatever those state's labor laws are, so that's another crack at the ncaa cartel. there's this great line from the movie "miller's crossing" you only run this town because the people think you run it. the minute people stop thinking that the ncaa has absolute control over the situ...

Her father did. and we learned today even a state police officer showed up today at the family's previously scheduled visit with justina, a state worker demanding to know where justina's father was, because lou was not there today. the question is whether they are now trying to arrest him, possibly for violation of that gag order. joining me now, editor of the boston globe who has been doing unbelievable work on it. and the doctor who is a certified bio-chemical specialist, who specializes in the disease. doctor, let me start with you, what lou said last night, apparently there are many doubte...