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And alas, that's not going to happen until americans come to appreciate all of the consequences of our misguided wars. some of those consequences are moral. some of those consequents are fiscal. i think some of those consequences are strategic. alas, in this open-ended military project that began after 9/11, the american people have pretty much checked out of the net, you know? very few of us sacrificed. not too many of us served. none of us are even asked to pony up the money to pay for these wars. that just gets passed on to somebody -- some other generation to deal with. so, we, the people,...

Provide, if you can believe this, another $37 billion. >> it is a mistake to give this administration yet another blank check for this war. i urge my colleagues to vote no on this bill. >> reporter: now, democratic leaders are urging democrats to vote yes on this. they say that this is essential money, and they say that those documents predate president obama's war policy. so what you have is actually republicans, suzanne, who are throwing their weight behind this. gop leaders saying they are expecting some strong support here and, in fact, i think what's going to be the really interesting bre...

>> giants. >> two huge figures. >> well, actually, i think they're batting .500. in any case, i know you thought the underreported story was lebron james. other than that. >> other than that giant, lebron james. last night in portland, oregon, vice president joe biden went to a fundraiser for freshman congressman in kurt schraeder who is a bitter critic for war of afghanistan and voted to cut off funding to the troops. and vice president joe biden serves under president obama who committed troops to afghanistan and made a big deal about winning the war there said to congressman schraeder i enc...

They're batting .500. in any case, i know you thought the underreported story was lebron james. other than that. >> other than that giant, lebron james. last night in portland, oregon, vice president joe biden went to a fundraiser for freshman congressman in kurt schraeder who is a bitter critic for war of afghanistan and voted to cut off funding to the troops. and vice president joe biden serves under president obama who committed troops to afghanistan and made a big deal about winning the war there said to congressman schraeder i encourage you, old buddy to speak out. really wonderful that t...

This is america's war and we have to win it. the reaction of the republican elected officials and officials been healthy. >> major: steve, does it blow over? >> i don't think it blows over. the timing could haven't been better for michael steele. there is a bigger issue, and that is the president can do more to make the case. this is a president that gave 50 some odd speeches about healthcare. we knew it was his priority, national priority. he is giving since september 1, 2009, when he announced the new strategy three or four speeches. if president obama wants to get out and rally people, the ...