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Tonight, i'm going to show you exactly who is aiding and abetting this activity against the american consumer. house majority leader eric cantor spoke to the cme group in chicago yesterday morning. cme group is the world's largest owner and operator of private exchanges for derivative products. it's a fancy name for saying speculators. think progress obtained this -- pay attention -- unbelievable video and admission. >> we want to help you continue to lead for america. that means we've got to do our part when you see the implementation of dodd/frank coming at you like a barreling train. we wan...

Problem at a whole. they want to kill medicare, the tea party is ripping them apart at the seams, and they believe in radical ideas way outside of the mainstream. now, to help me talk about this, blogger for think progress -- it's not like they were posing a threat, they're delivering, right? >> sure. how radical is that? >> a small number of legislators voted against it. she was endorsed this week by a group that's run by corporate lobbyists. >> you have to ask the question, whose freedom are we talking about? if el look at that vote where she's voting to shackle women as they give birth. tha...

Ha! back to "hardball." now to the sideshow. first of all, the politician versus the poet. rick santorum has a new slogan on his campaign website. fighting to make america america again. sound familiar? a take on the 1938 poem by langston hughes who is a known activist for liberal causes. think progress confronted santorum with a disconnect at a campaign event. >> is this a coincidence? >> i didn't know that. the folks who worked on that slogan for me didn't inform me that that is where it came from, if, indeed, it came from that. >> do you like langston hughes? is he your favorite poet? >> i'...

Slogan has a surprise derivation, the update of john kerry's presidential campaign slogan let america be america again, which was taken word for word from the title of a 1938 poem by langston hughes, one of the many works that inspired this country's civil rights movement. think progress.org was the first to report on the oddity of a right wing republican using a slogan that was derived from the words of a poet who lived far to the left of the democratic party. lee fang of think progress caught up with candidate santorum, to talk about the slogan. >> today you unveiled your new slogan, fightin...

Lee fang of think progress caught up with senator santorum to talk about the slogan. >> fighting america to make america again. is it intentional that this was a -- >> no, because i had nothing to do with that, so -- >> sorry. thanks. did you have a clarification there? is this a coincidence? >> yeah, i didn't know that, and the folks who worked on that slogan for me didn't inform me that that's where it came from, if, in fact, it came from that? >> is langston hughes one of your favorite poets? >> i'm not a big poetry guy, so i can't say i have a favorite poet. sorry. >> he later added i'm no...