rick perry, rick perry, rick perry. >> do i get to be president now? >> no, no, rick. no, no. >> oh, you big tease. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> where does he go back to? >> if he's lucky, he goes back to high school. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> and to all these republicans that are saying "if we can't win against the president this week, what does that say about mitt romney?" well, if this race was so winnable, how come jeb bush, chris christie and marco rubio decided not to run? fellas, if you don't net up, you have to shut up, okay? [ laughter ] >> wow, pretty strong words, ann. >> when you go after my man, i get angry, seth. and let me tell you, no matter how hard this campaign gets, i will always be by his side. to quote the great beyonce -- ♪ me and my boo and my boo boo riding all up in that black with his chick right beside him ♪ ♪ ladies if you love your man, show him you're the fliest ♪ ♪ grind up on it, girl show him how you ride it ♪ ♪ oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh damn i think i love that boy do anything for that boy ♪ >> ann romney, everybody! [ cheers and

rick perry, rick perry, rick perry. >> do i get to be president now? >> no, rick. >> you big tease. >> where does he go back to? >> if he's lucky, home school. >> "saturday night live's" kate mckinnon and bill hater having some fun there. the clip segues nicely into today's trail mix. more interesting health news about the texas governor who apparently suffers from insomnia. there's a new e-book. that says if viewers saw this book when he appeared to go blank during the republican presidential debate. >> it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education, and the -- what's the third one there? let's see. >> i would do away with education, the -- commerce -- commerce -- and let's see -- i can't. the third one, i can't, sorry. oops. >> that's okay. governor. the book says that perry went virtually sleepless during much of his campaign which of course as you probably remember ended early in 2012. mitt romney making for a pricey event last night in l.a. about 1500 tickets were sold, ranging from $1,000, to $50,000. comedi

in texas there's a billionaire no relation to rick perry harold simmons and so forth and they were among the founding donors of american crossroads today it's a remarkable story craig unger thank you so much for being with us tonight and for writing as a brilliant book i've read much of it boss rob i highly recommend it thank you sir thank you for having me to see this and other conversations the great lines go to our website at conversations with great minds dot com. the story of their romney is a story of two americas one that got bailed out we can aspire to the highest levels of power and the other they got sold out and forced into bankruptcy desperation and suicide since he can't talk about his job as governor of massachusetts passing his own version of obamacare mitt romney has to talk about his private sector experience at bain capital fact he devoted a portion of his speech at the r n c to being. when i was thirty seven i helped start a small company my partners and i had been working for a company that was in the business of helping other businesses so some of us had this idea th

in texas who's a billionaire no relation to rick perry harold simmons and so forth and they were among the founding donors of american crossroads today it's a remarkable story craig unger thank you so much for being with us tonight and for writing as a brilliant book i've read much of it basra i highly recommend it thank you sir thank you for having me to see this and other conversation of the great lines go to our website at conversations with great minds dot com. the story of their romney is a story of two americas one they got bailed out we can aspire to the highest levels of power and the other they got sold out and forced into bankruptcy desperation and suicide since he can't talk about his job as governor of massachusetts passing his own version of obamacare mitt romney has to talk about his private sector experience at bain capital fact he devoted a portion of his speech at the r. and c. to bain and i was thirty seven i helped start a small company my partners and i'd been working for a company that was in the business of helping other businesses so some of us had this idea that

. >> enjoying an interesting group of scott walker rick perry and scott they will make their case for mitt romney. >> 46 days anything can change that's for sure. a change is in the air. i don't see a jersey either. but i still see giant blue. >> severe weather in the northeast. >> yeah, the northeast tomorrow today not too bad. it is our last official day of summer. let's all have ice cream to commemorate that summer is gone. 51 minneapolis 49 in chicago. 39 in kara beau. the warmest spot on the map 84 in phoenix. if you like summertime the west is where you ought to be. >> unsettled across portions of florida and the southeast. a fairly quiet day. cold front will push through tomorrow. possibility for hail and winds. >> have a great weekend. >> january dmiens thank you so much. >> entertainment news for you now. the nypd is releasing sur slains video of lindsay lohan's alleged hit and run-ins accident in new york. the actor brushed up against a man while pulling into a garage. he's the one who is now running after her car. sources say the 34-year-old who says he was hurt left the ho

there was rick perry, there was santorum and so forth. and just as they surged, rove would strike out at them, and sometimes it was very discretely, and it would be through putting millions and millions of dollars into an anti-santorum campaign. >> most people have probably forgotten that the press ran with the story that romney won the iowa caucus, when a few days later santorum turned outo be the real winner >> karl, you've just gotten some word from a source in the republican national committee. tell us what it is. >> he was on fox news with chris wallace. and he says, in fact, "romney's going to come out the champion here," when in fact, santorum was winning. >> and that it will show an 18-vote victory in that precinct for mitt romney, which will give m a statewide victory of 14 votes over rick santorum. >> now, i, you know, this is obviously pretty big thing. that romney is going to win th ia cauces b14 ves. >> by 14 votes. >> how solid is your evidence for your -- >> from a pretty good, reliable source. >> so, he is able to almost l

there was rick perry, there was santorum and so forth. and just as they surged, rove would strike out at them, and sometimes it was very discretely, and it would be through putting millions and millions of dollars into an anti-santorum campaign. >> most people have probably forgotten that the press ran with the story that romney won the iowa caucus, when a few days later santorum turned out to be the real winner. >> karl, you've just gotten some word from a source in the republican national committee. tell us what it is. >> he was on fox news with chris wallace. and he says, in fact, "romney's going to come out the champion here," when in fact, santorum was winning. >> and that it will show an 18-vote victory in that precinct for mitt romney, which will give m a statewide victory of 14 votes over rick santorum. >> now, i, you know, this is obviously pretty big thing. that romney is going to win the iowa caucuses by 14 votes. >> by 14 votes. >> how solid is your evidence for your -- >> from a pretty good, reliable source. >> so, he is able

people forget one of the key ways he knock out rick perry was going after hi on immigration. i think there may have been an opening because of the economy hitting hispanics because obama didn't follow through on promises of action he made. i think they blew the opportunity in the primary. >> this is in the state of virginia about 8% of the voters are hispanic. there is significant can't block of voter autos even here in north carolina. you're right. i wonder, too. he was so blatant with both parties trying to appeal to latino votes and there is to say well you're going put a base base out there. >> whether it's going to hit the street now between now and november. >> right. >> stick around. another break. we're going to check back in a few minutes. up next president obama makes remarks about the you didn't build that controversy. what he said, and also from tampa to charlotte which party was more successful some and how do you define success? coming up. >> for me this is a season of hope. hope for a justice and fair prosperity for the many and not just for the few. new hope a

there was rick perry, there was santorum and so forth. and just as they surged, rove would strike out at them, and sometimes it was very discretely, and it would be through putting millions and millions of dollars into an anti-santorum campaign. >> most people have probably forgotten that the press ran with the story that romney won the iowa caucus, when a few days later santorum turned out to be the real winner. >> karl, you've just gotten some word from a source in the republican national committee. tell us what it is. >> he was on fox news with chris wallace. and he says, in fact, "romney's going to come out the champion here," when in fact, santorum was winning. >> and that it will show an 18-vote victory in that precinct for mitt romney, which will give him a statewide victory of 14 votes over rick santorum. >> now, i, you know, this is obviously pretty big thing. that romney is going to win the iowa caucuses by 14 votes. >> by 14 votes. >> how solid is your evidence for your -- >> from a pretty good, reliable source. >> so, he is ab

perry having an affair. coming up, the federal hot minute. >> mergers and acquisitions may be fundamental. with contractors a bracing for the governor to reduce spending, the question is how well activity be impacted. will budget cuts make acquisitions more appealing -- less appealing to buyers? despite budget cuts, the federal government will remain an enormous and dynamic economy on its own. it spends almost rigid over $500 million. the size of this market is a primary reason why other private equity firms remain dedicated. the acquisition of a research firm that sells two contractors might be a proxy for governor space. its bright spot -- its price tag did garner earnings. go to wjla.com [ harry umlaut ] the five stages of muller. suspicion: it's yogurt how good can it be? revision. "actually, this ain't bad"? surprise! "look at this cool corner thingy!" desolation. "it's gone." anticipation "hey! there's more in the fridge." [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. [ romney ] this president can

rick perry says not so fast. i sat down for his explanation and talk about his role in the romney campaign. >> talk about the event you are working on there and importance in the g.o.p.? >> republican party, the message time after time. what one of great things you get choices. this issue of choosing to protect innocent life, texas one of the most pro-life in the nation, we passed the bill this last year and stated legislature decided they didn't want our stated tax dollars going to fund abortions. so th the defunding of planned parenthood. a clear message in my home state. from the republican party i might add, we're all about protecting innocent life. at the same time making sure that women who know they are loved and respected people make mistakes. that was the message today. i think it's one that is important for us to reinforce we're going to protect life. the values that are so important to us we're not going to equivocate on them. we're going to show a loving side of people make mistakes and we're going to

we ask governors rick perry, scott walker and rick scott. but first, josh turner performing "me and god." ♪ me and god ♪ one day we'll live together where the angels to do ♪ ♪ me and god ♪ everybody clap your hands. ♪ early in the morning talking it over ♪ ♪ me and god ♪ late at night talking it over ♪ ♪ me and god ♪ you could say we're like two peas in a pod ♪ ♪ me and god ♪ me and my >> brian: quick headlines. shocking video out of iran. you got a soccer player unknowingly picking up a live grenade and tossing it to the side. he thought it was deimpeachment then it explodes. officials say someone in the crowd tossed it op the field. i'll go with that neary. the game was called and no one was hurt. >>> kato kaelin now backtracking after telling the "new york post" that he knows o.j. did it. he says he believes o.j. is guilty. but has no proof. gretch, i'll follow that story. ♪ >> gretchen: we have a special program here at fox news. it's called the ails apprentice program started by our own chairman and ceo.

last august helped launch rick perry's presidential campaign with the stadium prayer rally and god responded with a polite "no thank you." (laughter) but pastor scarborough did credit the rally with ending the drought in texas. so clearly his prayers work on natural disasters, which is a perfect match for the romney campaign. (laughter) now scarborough insists that these 40 days of prayer which start this friday and just happen to end on election day is a non-partisan event because he is totally not a partisan. >> i'm not a republican, i'm not a democrat, i'm a christocrat. (laughter) >> stephen: so please join him even if you're a jewpublican. (laughter) again, aloha. (laughter) now, folks, this prayer will help mitt romney win over undecided voters-- especially the biggest undecided voter of them all, god. i mean, he may be all-knowing but he would still like to know a little bit more about mitt's tax returns. (laughter) in fact, god is three undecided voters-- the father, the son, and the holy spirit. and you've got to figure the son is leaning obama what with the long hair and the loaf a

perry who tweeted, always niles to get unfiltered or in this case unskewed information. amen. if we had only had more accurate polling during the primaries, perry could have dropped out way sooner. (applause) and so-- (laughter) folks, chambers' work throws all polls into doubt now. even the internal ones i've taken of myself. i mean the results say i'm not that excited about mitt romney but as a conservative i feel like i should love him. maybe the sample size is too small or maybe i checked the wrong box and i'm actually latino, you know. thankfully, fox news is fighting back with its own fair and balanced polling. >> we asked you tonight who will win ohio. 10% of you said president obama. 90% of you said mitt romney. thanks for your vote. we had more than 20,000 of them tonight. >> stephen: i don't know. i don't know. that poll looks like it oversampled democrats by 10%. but folks, i am so inspired that tonight i am conducting my own properly weighted poll. so go to colbert nation.com and make your voice heard by answering this question. president obama currently lead

santorum work rick perry and the long history of bigoted remarks. it seemed to me many of them, republican establishment were simply afraid to condemn such rhetoric and speak in favor of social tolerance. they were not just uninformed about gay rights issues but frankly scared to death of any discussion of them and that weighed into the hands of organized bigotry. what most analysts expect it was going to be another election about economic issues and replacing much of the legislation by the obama administration like the election in 2010 was hijacked by the value voters crowd and social issues were suddenly at the top of the republican list of priorities often getting the lion's share of attention in the endless debates in 2011. such as when a gay service number was booed when asking the request and at one of the debates. in spite of the race that were pro game candidates and probe gay-rights candidates wrote -- ron paul, former governor of new mexico gary johnson and governor of utah john huntsman the general perception among most voters was and unf

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even rick perry is jumping on on the bandwagon. he's plugs unskewed.com. it comles existing polling data and meshes it with the rasmussepoll and voi, bi adrmn ifook at the unskewed.com average it has romney leading by eight points. >> it's going to be a landslide. >> rasmussen has obama ahead by 4. i think quickly there are things to separate two different things here withors th put th on peer con sear see side. there's a plot by the liberal media to undermine romney. >> which would never happen. >> when fox news polls a showing it, i don't know. the other thing is there's seeds of an argument about systec as i polls. they're getting it wrong because there's too few democrats and republicans. i've heard that from democrats in polls in 2004, the other way. i heard it from republicans in 2008, when obama was ahead, 2008 and 2010 midterms. the polls have aoo t ntrely >> the sense i have in states like ohio and virginia and florida and pennsylvania when i talk to folks, obama is ahead. i think that's clear. where i am a little skeptical is the margin by which

get $10,000, r rick perry?" ann drives if you cadillalac's." "i like to fire people." these were all voluntarily romney.by mitt >> and he has taken that.sibility f for >> the reason he does not lay out what y you say is, among r things, there are studies that disputed, and people say, going to take away mortgage deductions? >> not necessarily true. can said that anybody over a amount can only deduct income --f now you are into the weeds, .hough when we switched to fios, we got better tv, better phone, better internet. it was like somebody like took our computer, shook all the junk out of it. we're actually getting more for our money with fios. [ male announcer ] it's time to get more for your money. upgrade to rizon fios internet, tv and phone with our best price online. just $84.99 a month, guaranteed for one year with no annual contract. there's at least three computers. [ girl 1 ] a tablet. [ woman 1 ] couple of gaming systems. we could all be running at the same time. we do not notice any dips. [ male announcer ] get tv rated #1 in customer satisfaction. and get th

. >>> there's a new explanation out there for some of rick perry's gaps during his unsuccessful run. the author of a new book says the texas governor was suffering from mild sleep apnia. the more memorable moments came during that debate when perry couldn't remember those three federal agencies he proposed to eliminate. perry's sleep problems went undetected for years. the condition improved and the symptoms went away once they recovered from back surgery and able to exercise regularly. >>> the material girl, madonna, and her colleagues have another performance tonight at verison. now, flak lining is sort of like a combination of tight rope walking and trampoline. it ain't easy. check it out. we caught up with the gibbons slack liners practicing today. they finished up the european leg of the tour with madonna and appearing during her shows now in this country. >>> for only on 9 tonight, cyber victim's nightmares have faded. he will never forget the bang that served as a violent prelude to the sniper killings that shook our whole region a decade ago now. bruce leshan talked with him

. >> mitt romney showed a tough side with rick perry last year. >> i'm looking forward to finding your facts on that. >> the facts are -- >> rick, i'm speaking. i'm speaking. >> i'm wondering, do you think the obama campaign will have something up its sleeves it to get under romney's skin? do those moments make people uncomfortable, or do they say, well, you know what? he's got a little feistiness in him? >> i think that the president should really consider this an opportunity to talk with the american people about how, you know, his vision of leadership. talk directly about his policies. you know, his strategies to move the country forward. i don't think he should get -- my own advice is he shouldn't get into getting under romney's skin or having a back and forth, et cetera. this is a serious, serious discussion that people are looking for. i don't think he has -- i don't think the onus is on him. it's on governor romney. when governor romney has a joke or a zinger, it's also how president obama addresses it and how he deals with it. he has an advantage, which is people already like h

. >> let's talk recent republican gaffs, including rick perry, appearing, i guess you might say, a little loopy one day. >> yes, he did appear a little loopy. that i think painted a picture -- the hardest thing about rick perry at the republican presidential debate, he couldn't remember the third agency he wanted to -- you have three agencies. look down. make it ease where i for yourself. wron whether it's drunk are ook playful. not remembering the agencies you want to get rid of in a national debate, that's a bad gaff. >> that's when you are cringing for him. >> of course, there's sarah palin and the katie couric interview on cbs from 2008. that made the list too. >> sarah palin to me -- if she would have run for president, it would have been an economic stimulus package for comedians. i wanted her to run. she already had a credibility issue, and when she said she didn't know -- she couldn't name the publications she was reading, i think to all of us it made us realize she probably is not reading any publications. it really became that obvious because you would say time magazine, newswee

. >> let's talk recent republican gaffs, including rick perry, appearing, i guess you might say, a little loopy one day. >> yes, he did appear a little loopy. that i think painted a picture -- the hardest thing about rick perry at the republican presidential debate, he couldn't remember the third agency he wanted to -- you have three agencies. look down. make it ease where i for yourself. wron whether it's drunk are ook playful. not remembering the agencies you want to get rid of in a national debate, that's a bad gaff. >> that's when you are cringing for him. >> of course, there's sarah palin and the katie couric interview on cbs from 2008. that made the list too. >> sarah palin to me -- if she would have run for president, it would have been an economic stimulus package for comedians. i wanted her to run. she already had a credibility issue, and when she said she didn't know -- she couldn't name the publications she was reading, i think to all of us it made us realize she probably is not reading any publications. it really became that obvious because you would say time magazine, newswee

i would call your attention to a quote from the great and brilliant rick perry of texas. [ laughter ] >> back when he was thinking about maybe running for president. he said if this guy prints more fun between now and the election, i don't know what y'all would do in ohio, but he would be in trouble in texas. if it was political he could have done this sooner. it seems to me that republicans have been the one making the poli as rick perry did there and trying to bully him into not doing anything despite the fact that the economy needs it. i think what would really be political is seeing the need in the economy and deciding not to act because of the timing of election day. that to me -- >> one thing really quickly. he just said that the economy is getting better. >> who did? >> mitt romney just said that. >> some would argue rightly that qe 3 is in fact an admission that obama's policies are not working. and republicans have evidence to back it up. qe 2 has not worked. qe 1 has not worked. i'll point you to an interesting argument made in the guardian. essentially qe 2 and the fed post

. >>> texas governor rick perry was at the republican convention this week. theoretically to support mitt romney for president. but these comments did it not help. >> would you ever do this again. >> oh, absolutely. i think the process. >> you might are up for president again. >> there's a long time till 2016 and a lot of good things can happen my plan is for mitt romney to win and get this country back on track. i'll keep running the best state in the nation. >> 2016? that means mitt romney is going to win and then you're going to primary him after his first term or you think he's going to lose and you'll be ready -- you're telling reporters that at romney's convention. oh, rick perry, you were not a good candidate but you are an even worse surrogate. it was rick santorum the defact tote republican runner-up from the primaries who actually got a speaking gig at the convention. mr. santorum thankfully used a teleprompter and gave a very gooded speech. no single line of it was more well received than this one. >> i thank god that america still has one party th

as i just indicated, i mean, when he needed to flash the knife against rick perry in that one debate i'm particularly thinking of, he really did it. he's good at that, and he's not going to back down. you know, a lot of this also comes down to interpersonal dynamics and how they play off each other and what their body chemistry says and so on and so forth. romney was pretty aggressive in a lot of republican debates, interrupting people, leaning forward, that sort of thing. don't think you can do that with the president of the united states. >> there was also, of course, that famous bet in south carolina. >> yeah, right. >> michael, always a pleasure. thank you, sir. >> my pleasure. >>> wednesday's debate topic, domestic policy. naturally it will include the economy. now the latest polls somehow president obama erasing mitt romney's edge on that number one issue and actually leading in some polls who would better handle the economy. president obama is also using a new line. >> during campaign season you always hear a lot about patriotism. well, you know what? it's time for a new econo

even rick perry is jumping on on the bandwagon. he's plugs unskewed.com. it compiles existing polling data and meshes it with the rasmussen poll and voila, big leads for romney. if you look at the unskewed.com average it has romney leading by eight points. >> it's going to be a landslide. >> rasmussen has obama ahead by 4. i think quickly there are things to separate two different things here with theories they put out there. one is the peer con sear see side. there's a plot by the liberal media to undermine romney. >> which would never happen. >> when fox news polls are showing it, i don't know. the other thing is there's seeds of an argument about systemic bias in polls. they're getting it wrong because there's too few democrats and republicans. i've heard that from democrats in polls in 2004, the other way. i heard it from republicans in 2008, when obama was ahead, 2008 and 2010 midterms. the polls have a good track recent recently. >> the sense i have in states like ohio and virginia and florida and pennsylvania when i talk to folks, obama is ahead. i

i would call your attention to a quote from the great and brilliant rick perry of texas. [ laughter ] >> back when he was thinking about maybe running for president. he said if this guy prints more fun between now and the election, i don't know what y'all would do in ohio, but he would be in trouble in texas. if it was political he could have done this sooner. it seems to me that republicans have been the one making the political point about bernanke as rick perry did there and trying to bully him into not doing anything despite the fact that the economy needs it. i think what would really be political is seeing the need in the economy and deciding not to act because of the timing of election day. that to me -- >> one thing really quickly. he just said that the economy is getting better. >> who did? >> mitt romney just said that. >> some would argue rightly that qe 3 is in fact an admission that obama's policies are not working. and republicans have evidence to back it up. qe 2 has not worked. qe 1 has not worked. i'll point you to an interesting argument made in the guardian. essenti

"you want to bet $10,000, rick perry?" "ann drives a couple of cadillac's." "car elevator in our home at." "i like to fire people." these were not drafted by the obama campaign. these were voluntarily offered by mitt romney, the candidate -- >> and he has taken responsibility for that. >> the reason he has not laid that out is that there are a bunch of studies that disputed, people say, you take away mortgage deductions, and suddenly people are up in arms. >> not necessarily true. people to a certain amount can only deduct up to 2% of income -- >> now you are into the weeds, though. >> it is not the weeds, it is the facts. >> let's get into the weeds. >> will there be changes at the top? >> there are critics and cheerleaders. people all the frustration -- > -- people of all different persuasions -- >> no changes? >> every day there are improvements. muir.t is abc's david some say that the polls are to skewed towards the president. >> the preponderance of the evidence seems to be that romney is losing. i am sure mitt romney's own internal polls tell the same m

the rick perry oops moment that one was good. and the famous sigh. that's why he lost the debate right? wrong. he won 48 to 41 in that first debate. and the sigh debate was the first up with where the american people believed that al gore won. but the media said, no he lost. he lost. he lost, because he sighed. shockingly enough george bush won a debate. the third up with he lost again. so gore won two out of the three debates, and the entire media painted it as if because of expectations, in fact george bush had won. not true. when you ask the american people they said gore won two out of three. and how did bush do against kerry? republicans say this democrats say that. oh, hell no. john kerry 52-39 won the first one, won the second one, and won the last one 53-47. so george bush got his ass kicked in five out of the six debates he was in. and the media painted him as the victor. and what happened in the next debate. debate number three another crushing victory 56-30. so in fact at it out of the last nine presidential debates have been won by democr

you want to get $10,000, rick perry? ann drives a couple of cadillacs. we're building a car elevator in our home. i like to fire people these were all voluntarily offered by mitt romney. >> and he has taken responsibility for that. >> the reason he does not lay out what you say is, among other things, there are studies that disputed, and people will say, you are going to take away mortgage tax deductions? suddenly everybody is up in arms. >> not necessarily true. you can say th anybody over a certain amount can only deduct up to 2% of income -- >> now you are into the weeds. >> it is not the week, it is the facts. >> that's get into the weeds. >> are you making changes at the top? >> there are critics and cheerleaders -- >> no changes? >> well, every day there are improvements and new messages that come out. >> thais a's did muir. summit said that the polls are too heavily skewed towards democrats. pollsters say that it is the site of a polling methods. >> peter prada and some of the evidence seems to be that romney -- the preponderance of evidence seems

. >> he was the same pastor in texas that ran that empty stadium event with rick perry last year. i prayed that nobody would show up at that event, and it worked. michelle obama tells you to eating habits she is criticized, but this guy is fine telling people to fast. >> eliot: what explains it, then in do think it is going to work? what is the game here? -- why not just kind of brush the whole thing aside, and say okay this didn't work out so well. >> it's about tribalism and who's side has the power, and they would rather have the guy they hate in power who will be a one-term foot rest but have the other guy on the power. it's not really about ideology it's about who has got the ball. >> eliot: that's exactly right. you cannot appease your enemy. >> yes, and the romney folks all saying the polls are weren't saying this when 75% of the republicans were against mitt romney in the primary, but they are now. >> eliot: he is starting to talk about his own record embracing the thing that most people said worked when he was governor which was his own health care bill. >> you know mitt