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>> i still own a home here. look forward to moving into it one day. vote from here, pay property taxes here. when the president asked me to serve the country as his chief of staff, that counts as part of serving your country. and i have no doubt that we will in the end prevail at this effort. as my father used to say, nothing's ever easy in life. so nothing's ever easy. this is just one turn in the road. >> rahm emanuel said he left chicago only to serve his country as chief of staff to the president. his candidacy now faces a legal showdown that will go to the supreme court where four out of ...

Kucinich who says he's a no was feeling the pressure. >> did you hear that, dennis? say that again. >> vote yes! >> i think we might have passed hegtd care reform if we had more pressure from the white house last year, not less. >> reporter: congressman connolly twonders if he'll get the white house nudge from the president or -- >> how about rahm? >> haven't heard from him. >> reporter: nothing in the shower or -- >> maybe i should spend more time in the house gym, i don't know. >> at least they can have a laugh this week. that is a reference to emanuel's run-in with eric massa. some fence si...

>> never heard from him. >> reporter: nothing in the shower -- just kidding. >> that is a reference to emanuel's recent run-in with massa. some fence sitting democrats are refusing to take a public stance on the issue until the second the vote is called, john. this is going to be down to the wire and nobody knows how all members will vote at this point. maybe nancy pelosi and that's about it. >> good to find a little levity in all of this. >> we're trying. at 6:30. we'll be joined by dick army, freedom works is calling on tea party protesters to rally against health care reform by storming t...

Of the special olympics and other advocates to the intellectually dabolled all started with a remark made last august during tense health care negotiations. but only recently reported. the famously blunt chief of staff called liberal democratspldemocrats expletive deleted retarded. to many it was an example of rahm being rahm, a standing joke with insiders. >> tomorrow is mother's day. this is a tough holiday for rahm emanuel because he's not used to saying the word "day" after "mother." >> reporter: but sarah palin, mother of a down syndrome child, objected to emanuel's use of the word "retar...