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>> that's the head olson, the conservative legal icon. that stunned you, right? >> yes, more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said if this is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who argued bush v. gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v. gore, was interested in gay rights. i thought, let's check it out. >> didn't you have doubts about ted olson? >> they say politics makes strange bedfellows. you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted ol...

>> yes, more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said if this is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean, the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who argued bush v. gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v. gore, was interested in gay rights. i thought, let's check it out. >> didn't you have doubts about ted olson? >> they say politics makes strange bedfellows. you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted olson. >> i was skeptical, absolutely. >> gay rights activist, chad griffin, was a...

Licking wounds and a friend of my wife's came by the table and she says i think you would be very interested to find out that you might find an ally in ted olson on your issue. >> that's the ted olson, the sun conservative legal icon. >> that stunned you, right? >> yes, more than stunned me. it stunned me, but i said if this is true, this is the home run of all times. i mean the idea that ted olson, this arch conservative, the solicitor general for george bush who argued bush v gore and put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v gore was interested and in gay rights, i ...

Politics makes strange bedfellows. well, you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted olson. >> gloria borger, great interview, from washington. our chief political analyst, the snippet we saw part of this fascinating program we will be debuting this saturday night, the marriage warriors, and gloria, speaking of strange bedfellow, there was another strange bedfellow here. tell me about that. >> so this takes another twist. so rob reiner eventually gets in touch with ted olson, and they hire him because he is, in fact, against proposition 8, and he's for same-sex marriage and seize immed...

Solicitor general for george bush who had argued bush v gore and basically put me in bed for a couple of days i was so depressed after bush v gore was interested in gay rights, i thought, let's check it out. >> but didn't you have any doubts about ted olsen? >> you know, they say that politics makes strange bedfellows. well, you don't have a stranger bedfellow than me and ted olsen. >> i was skeptical, absolutely. >> gay rights activist chad griffin was at lunch with reiner that day and volunteered to make that first call to olsen to check him out. >> much to my surprise, it was an issue that ...