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Then came, you know, later that same year, when senator grassley, who had supported individual mandates all along said he didn't support them anymore. now he says they are "an intrusion into private life." what was the signal that he received that it was time to turn against his own idea there? somebody flipped the switch for him. or consider congressman paul ryan. congressman ryan used to love the idea of an economic stimulus. back when the recession, that stimulus was supposed to cure belonged to a republican president. >> now, i just recently read in our local capitol hill newspaper that me...

Grassley in the summer of 2009 making the case on fox news for an individual mandate in health reform. then came, you know, later that same year, when senator grassley, who had supported individual mandates all along said he didn't support them anymore. now he says they are "an intrusion into private life." what was the signal that he received that it was time to turn against his own idea there? somebody flipped the switch for him. or consider congressman paul ryan. congressman ryan used to love the idea of an economic stimulus. back when the recession, that stimulus was supposed to cure belon...

Would implement. how do we know this, what is the source? if i'm a skeptic and say you're making the allegations, that's pretty big stuff. where does it come from? >> as i said the exact progressive groups behind obama first term agenda where he's been very, not-- unclear to the american public what he'll do in a second term, the people who helped to craft the stimulus and parts of obama's health care legislation and behind what he actually did with regard to amnesty and i'm literally talking about crafting parts of what became the word, the phraseology of the stimulus legislation, well, they ...

Where congressman congress argued that health insurance is necessary even after economic recovery begin. >> what we're trying to accomplish today is to create jobs and help the unemployed. now i've just recently read in our local capitol hill newspaper that members from the majority party and the other body want stimulus. they are breaking with their party leadership and asking for stimulus legislation to pass because in their home states they have a lot of people who are losing their jobs. what we're trying to accomplish is to pass the kinds of legislation that they passed in the past have gr...

Our local capitol hill newspaper that members from the majority party in the other body wants stimulus. they are breaking with their party leadership and asking for stimulus legislation to pass, because in their home states, they have a lot of people losing their jobs. >> now, paul ryan, a major opponent of president obama's stimulus plan, despite as we've learned over the past couple of days, requesting funds from it. why is it different when it's under president bush, west? >> just because they are both called a stimulus doesn't mean they are the same thing. when i got the $300, i bought a b...