no doubt going to go viral pretty quickly. there you go. see it works? that's amazing. >> thanks so much. larry king starts right now. see you tomorrow night. >> larry: tonight, historic health care overhaul is now the law. >> we're a nation that does what is hard, what is necessary, what is right. >> larry: but 14 states are fighting back and suing the government. mitt romney is here in his first interview since calling this an unconscionable abuse of power. is he pushing for president

obama to be impeached? plus, he'll tell us one of the things about sarah palin, her chances for the top job in 2012, and his own. secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius with us too. and then vice president biden drops the f-bomb. next, on "larry king live." good evening. mitt romney is here. he's got a lot to say about the new health care laws and what he intends to do about them now. you can tweet your questions for him, or send them to our facebook page. but first, department of health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius joins us. she was at the signing ceremony today. let's take a look. >> that our generation is able to succeed in passing this reform is a testament to the persistence and the character of the american people.

who championed this cause, who mobilized, who organized, who believed that people who love this country can change it. it's also a testament to the historic leadership and uncommon courage of the men and women of the united states congress. who have taken their lumps during this difficult debate. >> yes, we did! >> larry: all right, joining us from washington, secretary kathleen sebelius, secretary of health and human services. he used 20 pens. did you get one? >> i understand i do. i don't have it in hand, but i saw the list that the white house put out, and it had my name on it. i'm thrilled. >> larry: you said the public image of health care reform efforts had been hurt by attempts to confuse and scare americans. who are you blaming for that? >> well, i think, larry, over the course of the last year, there have been a lot of frankly intentional misinformation put

out trying to scare seniors, trying to scare people who had health insurance that they liked about losing what they have. and i think we've got an attempt now. the great news is the bill has been passed. the president signed it into law. it's a big step forward for the american people. and we now need to go out and explain to people what actually is in the bill, how this will make their lives better. how it can help improve the health care for our whole country. and i think that's going to be a very positive sell. >> larry: you are a governor and secretary, a defendant in a lawsuit in your official capacity as secretary. a dozen states, now 14 states are suing the federal government, claiming the new health care reform law is unconstitutional. are you concerned about a legal challenge? >> well, i've talked some to the

lawyers, and i'll let the courtroom folks talk to one another. what i want to do is talk to the american people who have been contacting me across this country for not only the year i've been in this job, but years of being a governor. people who are furious that insurance companies get to pick and choose who is covered in this country and who is not. parents who are terrified that their child is going to fall on the playground or something will happen. i had my own experience with our sons when they graduated from college. they went off our plan. neither one of them was in a job where health insurance was provided. they were lucky. they are healthy and we're blessed to have some resources. but some of their friends weren't so lucky. so this happens to people day in and day out. and today is the end of an era where people will no longer have the kind of health security that members of congress have, that governors have, that we've been blessed to have. and i think that's a big step forward. >> larry: are you surprised that they couldn't get one republican vote?

>> well, i'm frankly disappointed, because there are lots of republican ideas in the bill. the idea that we'll sell insurance across state lines is part of the bill. the idea that kids will stay on their parents' plan until they're 26 is in the bill. you know, there are lots of republicans who frankly tell me they regretted having voted for the medicare drug plan that left a big donut hole for seniors who now struggle when they use up their prescription benefits and have to pay 100% out of pocket. this bill closes that donut hole. there are lots of republicans who say they really wanted a system that focused on health and wellness, more preventative care. that's in this bill. so there are lots of ideas. and cracking down on fraud and abuse certainly something that has a lot of bipartisan support. unfortunately, this conversation got very partisan from the outset, and i am disappointed that not a single republican voted for the bill, even though

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he is the author of the number one "new york times" best-selling book in america, "no apology: the case for american greatness." there you see its cover. are you surprised you're number one? >> yeah, i am sort of surprised. >> larry: just out? >> just out a couple of weeks, and good response from a lot of my friends that are buying books, and hopefully some others as well. i'm pleased that it's gotten such a warm response. >> larry: we'll get into the book. let's discuss the news of the day. you called the passage of health care reform unconscionable abuse of power. unconscionable? >> well, i think the decision to take the nuclear option as the president did, to not secure a single republican vote in contravention of his promise during the campaign, that he would reach across-party lines, that he would work on a bipartisan basis, that was very, very disappointing. >> larry: if they're not going to vote for it, what is he supposed to do, scratch it? if he liked the plan, he ran on it. >> what he is supposed to do is have a plan that is bipartisan. we have a plan in massachusetts

that i worked with democrats on. we worked on a bipartisan basis. it's not perfect, but nonetheless we worked together and therefore secured a better piece of legislation and more support in the community by virtue of doing so. but in addition to that, he said that he was going to eschew the politics of special interests. and also giving special deals to senators like senator nelson and others we'll find -- backed off. >> larry: he backed off, though. >> well, others have come to light and will come to light in the ensuing days. i think what you'll find is the process is one which violated the principles which he laid out during the campaign, and frankly, was a power push by a single party. and it says that no longer do you need more than 51 votes in the senate. a simple majority can accomplish whatever they want. and it's a dramatic change in the way that democracy will work. >> larry: you also wrote that president obama has betrayed his oath to the nation.

governor, you're pretty careful with language. are you saying he should be impeached? >> no, of course not. >> larry: well, what is betraying an oath. >> the oath to the nation goes piece by piece, which one, he would bring a new style of politics to washington. and instead it's the chicago politics of the past. he said he would work, as i indicated on a bipartisan basis. he didn't. he instead put in place a bill which has no support on the other side of the aisle. >> larry: yeah. >> and these of course are departures from what he said during the campaign. he also said the process would be open and transparent, the media would be invited. he didn't do that. one issue after another has been violated. >> larry: can we admit, governor, that a lot of people in america who were hurt yesterday are not hurt today? and if health care is a problem in america, at least it's something. it's a step. what on earth is wrong with that? >> well, what's wrong is we could have had -- that somebody who is sick today can get help today. >> well, they can't because that doesn't change that for a couple of years. >> larry: no, some are immediate.

>> the truth is some elements in the bill are good and many are bad. and the democrats want to talk about the couple of maraschino cherries that are on top of the pile of dirt. but let's also talk about the pile of dirt. the republicans are all in favor of the cherries. i'm a reform republican. we have our citizens insured, some 98% of the people in massachusetts are insured. we also found a way to make sure that people don't have to worry about losing their insurance if they have a preexisting condition. and they don't have to worry about portability issues. they can keep their insurance with them as they travel. we did those things. >> larry: that's in this bill. >> yes, that's in this bill. those are the good parts. if you will, those are the maraschino cherries. >> larry: so? >> then there is the other part. a trillion dollars of new taxes. >> larry: but the congressional budget office says we're going to be better off in nine years because of this. >> raising taxes is something that democrats love. and the congressional budget office just carries out the arithmetic. >> larry: mostly on people with a lot of money. >> mostly on the suppliers of equipment and procedures that go into health care. for instance, i read an article today about a company called

zoll in massachusetts. they make cardiac defibrillators. they made $9.5 million last year. they think they're going to have to be paying 5 to $10 million a year in new taxes. what that means is they can't keep on with business the way they have in the past. it has a major impact on businesses. and by the way, that will filter through to individuals who have to pay medical bills. those prices are going to go up. this bill, let me tell you, the taxes are just one part of the problem. that's a big problem. number two, think about that. >> larry: the book is "no apology." it's number one. let's listen to what president obama had to say about the new health care reform bill. then we'll take a break and come back. watch the president. >> this year, tens of thousands of uninsured americans with preexisting conditions, the parents of children who have a preexisting condition will finally be able to purchase the coverage they need. that happens this year. [ advisor 1 ] i have clients say

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>> larry: back with mitt romney. his book "no apology: the case for american greatness," st. martins press, number one best seller. what is wrong with what the president just said?

right now people are covered, covered with preexisting conditions, right now. >> and that's true in massachusetts and has been for three years. >> larry: but it's now in oklahoma. >> and we did it in massachusetts without raising taxes. >> larry: but he doesn't raise taxes today. he signed the bill. >> i'm sorry, his bill raises taxes on the american people, not just the wealthy, but everybody who is ever going to need health insurance or health coverage. he has raised taxes by $500 billion. >> larry: how would you have covered preexisting conditions today. >> the way we did it is we said let's take the money we've been spending already, giving out free care in our state and use those same dollars, dollar for dollar, to help people buy private insurance. no government insurance. private insurance. >> larry: preexisting out? >> everybody is in the system. so preexisting conditions are no longer a deterrent from being

able to get insurance. >> larry: and that same thing could be done nationally? >> my preference is for states to be able to have the authority that exists under the constitution to create their own plans to get everybody insured in the way they think is best instead of a one size fits all federal plan that costs a half trillion in federal taxes, and oh, by the way is going to cut medicare by half a trillion. why should america's seniors in medicare advantage, the private side of medicare have to take a cut in their benefits in order to pass this advantage? >> larry: you agree we have a health care problem in america? >> oh, sure. and republicans are in favor of health care reform. just not one that is attached with cuts to medicare and huge taxes. >> larry: we have another excerpt from the president's remarks. this one is about insurance companies. watch. >> this year, insurance companies will no longer be able to drop people's coverage when they get sick. they won't be able to place lifetime limits or restrictive annual limits on the amount of care they can receive. this year this year all new insurance plans will be required to offer preventative care. and this year young adults will be able to stay on their parents' policies until they're

26 years old that happens this year. >> larry: governor, are you a defender of america's insurance companies? >> absolutely not. what i'm a defender of is the truth. and the president is telling part of the truth. he is talking about the maraschino cherries that a lot of republicans, i in particular agree with many of those aspects. but what he is not talking about is the unnecessary incursion of federal government into health care. it's a 2,000 page bill. it's a 2,000 page bill.. we got done in massachusetts in 70 pages. his is a massive new bureaucracy headed by secretary sebelius, health and human service according to mr. axlerod will be the place where all of this is coordinated and governed. look, health care is no longer going to be the purview of states and individuals and families.

it's going to be governed by the federal government. >> larry: you admit in the past the republicans have let the inmates run the asylum? they've been against regulation in many areas, much to the cost of many americans. >> what i'd admit is that regulation that is old, that is out of date, and is burdensome is killing small business in this country. but regulation has to occur. we need modern, up to date regulation. no free market can work in the absence of laws and regulation. what the republicans need to do, and i'm one of those that falls prey to this is not just give the short answer but say look, we're not against all regulation. we're against all regulation that is unnecessary, bloated, overwhelming, burdensome. we want to get regulations up to date and streamlined. and that's what we should have a financial services sector. it's what we should have in health care. but this bill with 2,000 pages with a massive new government bureaucracy overseeing health care is frightening to the health sector, to doctors, families, it's incursion into the rights of families and the states unlike anything i've seen during my lifetime. >> larry: a lot of doctors groups like it, though. >> a lot of doctors may. a lot of the bureaucrats at the ama may. but i haven't seen a single doctor that has come up to me

and said you know what? i love this. this is going to great. what i found in our state with our plan, 9-1 doctors prefer our plan and like our plan over what they had before. you can get this done. you can get this done. you can get health care reform done. but you can do it without new taxes. >> larry: you calling the ama a progressive liberal organization? >> i'm not sure what i'm calling the ama, but i don't think it speaks for all the doctors in america. i'll put it that way. >> larry: we'll be back with more. mitt romney, the author of "no apology." is don't go away. share some tlc. tender loving caltrate,

>> larry: back with mitt romney. one more clip from president obama's comments about the new health care reform law, and then we'll discuss some other things. this one takes on the issue of money. watch. >> this legislation will also lower cost for families and for businesses and for the federal government, reducing our deficit by over $1 trillion in the next two decades. it is paid for. it is fiscally responsible, and it will help lift a decades-long drag on our economy. that's part of what all of you together worked on and made happen. [ applause ] >> larry: comment? >> simply unbelievable. >> larry: you think he is not telling the -- >> i don't think anyone believes that you can give health insurance to everybody in the

country, 30 million people, give them all health insurance and it's not going to cost anything. as a matter of fact, we're going to make money. the only way that works if he taxes the american people and the american health care system a lot. and of course, if he taxes the system a lot, those costs get passed on to everybody who uses the system or has insurance. it's obviously a very expensive plan. it's going to be a back-breaker on the u.s. economy. >> larry: we have a question submitted to "larry king live" facebook page. please ask mr. romney if he thinks the lawsuit filed by 13 -- i think it's 14 now -- challenging the constitutionality of this new law has any chance? >> i do think it has merit. and we'll see exactly how the framers of that particular suit bring their action. but i think in this case, you go to -- excuse me, the tenth amendment of the constitution in which it says that power is not expressly given to the federal government or reserved to the states. this is a violation of that in that the federal government is taking over something that has classically been the responsibility of states, and something we as an example were able to deal with in our state. >> larry: okay. let's touch some other bases.

john mccain, who you're supporting in his primary battle with a former talk show host who is far right than him -- >> i got to keep guys like you from getting into politics, larry. >> larry: i'm just asking. rush limbaugh said your support of mccain over hayworth is tone deaf and warns that you're risking your entire political career. anyway. here is what mccain said. this is what he said. there will be no cooperation for the rest of the year. they have poisoned the well in what they've done and how they've done it. why would he say no cooperation? what if president obama proposed the bill he liked next week? he would not cooperate? >> well, clearly there are things that we like. >> larry: then why make that kind of statement? >> i'm not going to speak for

senator mccain. but clearly those people who are watching what is happening in washington recognize that the reason i would support senator mccain is not just because he is a national hero and someone who people around the country feel is a spokesman for our party, a leader of our party, but he is also a lion in the senate. he is one of those guy who is able to move bodies and make things happen. >> larry: doesn't want to cooperate the rest of the year. >> by the way, when the president executes the nuclear option and says we're going to change the way democracies have been run over the past decades. we're going to say no longer do major pieces of legislation require the support of both parties, including the minority party, instead we're going to say a 51-vote majority makes all the decisions, that's such a dramatic departure. >> larry: majority rules, though, it's pretty basic. >> actually, it's not basic in the democracy of the united states government, where we have checks and balances, and where we do have a filibuster where we do have a requirement is where the president said. he said look during his campaign, i'm not going to get health care reform without it being bipartisan, without being able to get people across

the aisle to work with me. he chose not to endorse the plans put forward, the plans by senator wyden and senator wyatt, a bipartisan plan by republicans and democrats. he said no, i'm doing it my own way. >> larry: are you saying you endorse what mccain said? >> i don't have a comment on what he said. i haven't seen it specifically. >> larry: he said he would not cooperate. >> i certainly understand why republican senators in washington have said this president has so violated the operating trust that goes between these parties and the way the senate works that there are of course going to be consequences of that. >> larry: any comment on that limbaugh said that you're risking your political career? >> you know, i risk my career all the time. this book of mine, i late i lay out answers. i talk about social security, medicare, medicaid, dramatic changes in education. a lot of people who say you can't talk about those things in this country and have any political future. if that's the truth so, be it. these are critical times. we got to tell people the truth. >> larry: the number one twitter tweet we're getting is are you going to run? >> that's not a decision i have

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>> but all people go a little far. people on the left, people on the right, i make mistakes from time to time on an issue. and people say that's a little too much, isn't it? and you say well, yeah. you hear people apologize from time to time. and sure, there will be folks in the political spectrum that will say something that is over the line. but overall, the tea party movement is about reasonable men and women who are very concerned about the excessive growth of government, the massive spending of government, the fact that if you will, china has given us a credit card and we're just running up bigger and bigger bills. >> larry: where do you think it's going, this tea party? they're not republican, they say. >> they're not one party or the other although my party's core philosophy is more attuned to them.

my party wants to see smaller government, lower taxes. we want to reform health care, making sure it's low cost, portable and can't be taken away because you get sick. but we don't want to raise taxes. >> larry: it seems if a republican agrees with them 90%, if they don't 10%, they hate them, they take off on them. it has to be a my way or the highway. >> well, as we get closer to the november elections and people look across the nation and see congressmen and congresswomen and senators running for office, they're going to say let's get behind the people who can make the changes to obama care that are necessary. take out the bad parts. keep the few good maraschino cherries, if you will, but take out the bad. i think we come together to get the job done. >> larry: some other things -- gays in the military. where do you stand? >> my view is that the don't ask don't tell policy should be kept in place until the conflict is over, at least until that time. >> larry: because? >> we're in the middle of the war. i don't think it's time to be experimenting with a new social polecy. i think that would be potentially difficult for our troops. let us consider those changes when we're at peace. >> larry: because what would happen at war? what would happen if someone in afghanistan said i'm gay? >> i think it's complicates the

fulfillment of our mission in the various theaters to change a policy of that nature in the middle of wartime. and that's something that i think can wait until after a war is complete. >> larry: are you surprised that the chairman of the joint chiefs disagrees with you? >> people can have different views on issues. i'm not terribly surprised. i've just had that view for some time and i'm sticking with it. >> larry: you are regarded as a true conservative. where are you in the political labeling business? >> my dad used to be asked that question. i liked what he'd say. i'm conservative as the constitution and progressive as lincoln. and you can look at my positions. many of my positions i believe are very conservative. all of them, frankly. i know some people say gee, your massachusetts health care plan isn't conservative. i say oh, yes it is, because right now in this country, people that don't have health insurance go to the hospital if they get a serious illness, and they get treated for free by government.

by plan says no, they can't do that. no more free riders people have to take personal responsibility. i consider it a conservative plan. so what is my view? i'm a conservative, through and through. >> larry: always good seeing you, mitt. >> thanks, larry. good to be with you. >> larry: mitt romney, the book "no apology: the case for american greatness." we have others waiting in the wings to debate health care laws, and issues of current issues. don't go away. it adds a fourth color, yellow, to the standard rgb color system, creating a vast array of colors you can't see with your tv's three color technology. but, you can see this. whoa! oh my. [ male announcer ] quattron from sharp. you have to see it, to see it. [ engineer laughs ] the world was faced with a challenge. and lexus responded by building the world's first luxury hybrid. today, lexus has four hybrid models on the road... including the hs,

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we don't shrink from our responsibilities. we embrace it. we don't fear the future. we shape the future. that's what we do. that's who we are. that makes us the united states of america. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> larry: let's meet our panel. kevin madden was a spokesman and senior adviser to mitt romney in the 2008 presidential campaign, currently senior vice president of the clover park group, a company that advises clients in the health care field. he is a partner and executive vice president of public affairs for jim dike and associates. marc lamont hill is professor at columbia university and contributor to theroot.com. stephen baldwin, the actor,

author and political activist, and aisha tyler, the actress and comedian. kevin, what did you make of the president today and your former boss tonight? >> i thought the president today took advantage of whoa was a historical moment. and he definitely went out there and talked what was good in the bill and where americans are going to benefit. it did feel like a political rally a little bit at the white house, but i think the president ought to be afforded that opportunity given the historic nature of the moment and the simple fact that he is finally had a signature of legislative accomplishment. but i think there is the selling really has to begin now. you know, he spent a year trying to sell the american public on this particular bill, and his popularity has declined as a result. the more people learned about this legislation, the less that they seemed to like it.

i think as far as my former boss, governor romney, i think what i'm always struck by when governor romney talks about health care is that he sees this debate as not just one that is driven by costs. it's not just a cost-driven debate, but instead it is also a value-driven debate. what are republicans for when it comes to health care. how are we going to guarantee greater access to care, and how are republicans going to help drive down costs for many americans that right now feel that they're being squeezed by the health care costs. >> larry: we'll pick up on that. mark hill, does he still have to sell it? >> he still has to sell it, but not as much as most people think. most american people were disgruntled with the process. when you went point by point in polls, most people agreed with the offers. what people didn't agree with the overall process. what he needs to do now is calm down a disgruntled minority, he needs to bring people back together and start the healing process he has always talked about throughout his career. i think he can do that. one of the challenges, though, is you have many opponents on the right like mitt romney who are positioning themselves for

2012 by overstating the amount of disagreement, by overstating the low points of the bill, by making it seem like it's a much more fractured political moment than it actually is. >> larry: stephen baldwin, the vice president dropped the f-bomb earlier today at the white house signing ceremony. he may have meant it as a private comment. it was caught on audio and video. let's check it out and get your comment. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states of america, barack obama. [ applause ] >> this is a big [ bleep ] deal. >> thank you, everybody. thank you. >> larry: did that offend you, stephen? >> well, you know, larry, the bible says out of the mouth comes the things that are within our heart. so i'm not surprised the vice president's a potty mouth. and quite frankly, i think it's official today. barack obama is the greatest gangster to ever come out of chicago. i just think it's amazing.

>> larry: did you agree on the potty mouth thing when vice president cheney also used similar expression a while back? >> sure, larry, yeah. he is a potty mouth too. yeah. he is a potty mouth too. but you know what's funny? i think it's interesting. i'll say what mr. romney wasn't willing to say, and that's mr. obama's a liar. he is purely a liar. he's gone and done something, larry, where half of the country didn't agree with it. so if you say when you're running you're going to do one thing -- stephen, to be fair. >> go ahead. >> larry: many didn't agree because they thought it didn't go far enough. so it wasn't just the anti-against it on the right. >> but when you don't -- when you don't get one republican vote? that's not -- remember i was on your show last time, larry. we said is the government broken? the government is broken.

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>> larry: before we get aisha tyler's reaction to all of this, let's check in with anderson

cooper. he'll host ac 360 at the top of the hour. what is up, anderson? >> keeping both parties honest in health care reform. are both parties putting politics about what is good for americans? posturing for the americans instead of governing responsib responsibly? also, last night critical the bill does little about disease prevention. well, tonight we look at childhood obesity. you're going to meet a 14-year-old girl. she weighs more than 400 pounds right now. she is going under the knife, hoping a surgical procedure will give her a shot at a normal life. when is young too young for weight loss surgery? and just across the border in juarez, mexico, we're being targeted by drug gangs means you're as good as dead. in tonight's crime and punishment, we saw it for ourselves. we'll take you there. americans are getting killed there as well.

those stories and a lot more, larry on 360 tonight. aisha tyler, the comedian and actor, the voice of lana on "archer," and her stand-up on dvd is aisha tyler on tour. it's called "aisha tyler is lit." what do you make about what mr. baldwin said? >> well, i think a couple of things. with regards to the vice president dropping the f-bomb, it was a big deal, you know what i mean? i think we think about these guys and they're in office, we only let them be human when we want them to be human and they've got to be this super human. everybody drops a naughty word in a moment of ebullience. it's just another example of republicans wanting to spit in the punch. this is a great day for america. i think a lot of people feel like the bill didn't go far enough. i know the republicans are fighting it. i think they should be happy because they're licking their political wounds now. luckily for them, wounds will be covered under the new medical plan, so they can all go in and get treated. i think it's wonderful. >> larry: kevin, will you go as far as stephen baldwin went to call the president a liar? >> no, i won't. i am fully interested in persuading people they're wrong, but not interested in calling people names or trying to

humiliate my opponents. i think in politics the most important thing you can do is argue not the volume of your argument, but instead the value of your argument. and i'm more interested in talking about that. i think the president is wrong on policy. i think the policy she's implementing are bad for america. but that's what i'm going to focus on. and i'm going to go out and i'm going to persuade audiences that are interested and still have haven't made up their mind that he is wrong and the policies are bad. but i'm not going to offer sort of labels like that. >> larry: marc hill -- >> i was going to say, larry, not just because it's uncivil or the inappropriate thing to do, but quite frankly, it's just not true. president obama campaigned on health care reform. if anything, he has offered a bill and applied into the public sphere a bill that is less progressive, that is less so-called radical than anything we talked about two years ago. >> what i was going to ask you is, as a person on the left, were you one of those d disappointed in this bill?

>> i was. it would be intellectually dishonest to say i was part of the 50% of people disgruntled or not in agreement with the bill. i would have liked to see a public option, insurance companies reined in more. what we have right now is a piece of legislation that only bolsters insurance companies. this is nothing short of amazing. this is one of the most significant domestic policy victories in the last 50 years and to suggest that president obama was dishonest about this, absolutely untrue. he may have been week on this and made mistakes up, front but this is a great victory for the american people. >> larry: stephen, do you want to reconsider your words? >> absolutely not. i'm not afraid of the rer percussions by speaking the truth. he said he was going to change the way he did politics in washington, and he is doing more and more of the worst, bad,

horrible things that he campaigned against. >> oh, please. >> he's doing those very same things. that's a liar. >> that's a great talking point, stephen. but this has been one of the transparent processes we've ever seen. when has a health care debate or any policy debate been this transparent. this is a complete change to the way we've done politics. >> i think that stephen and other conservatives who are saying that the president wasn't being collaborative haven't reached across the aisle, saying that the president was not being bipartisan is like going to a basketball game, taking the ball and popping it and then saying why won't you pass me the ball? they didn't play. they didn't contribute. and then when they were frustrated, they pulled back. you can hate the bill is not paid for, but the essence of the bill and program was earnesty. it was like let's help families cover their children. let's keep insurance companies from dropping people when

they're sick. why do conservatives hate children? why do they hate sick people? why do they hate old people? >> that does not contribute to the debate. >> that's too far, right, stephen? >> that's what it sounds like when you call the president a liar. it sounds that crazy. >> if i may. every republican up on capitol hill believes in health care. republicans disagree with the president on the process here. he mastered the pageantry of bipartisanship, but when it came down to the details, he constantly -- and he did this throughout the entire debate, he assigned us false motives. he said we were for the status quo. others on the progressive side

of this debate they say conservatives hate children, we don't want health care. that's understood fundamentally not true. my job is to persuade americans otherwise. and to win on the value of my argument rather than use language that you did. >> i use extreme language to make a point. it was a rhetorical point that that's what it sounds like when you scream that the spt a liar. when you scream that he or other legislators are baby killers. that's how crazy it sounds. i don't think republicans hate children. i have a lot of great conservative friends that i think are as reasonable as you are, kevin. i'm saying when you say those kinds of hysterical things, it makes. >> larry: i've got to go to break. we'll come back. >> it's the truth. ♪

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>> larry: stephen baldwin, don't you think that rhetoric like that doesn't help? it would be like saying george bush was a liar when he said there were weapons of mass destruction. it don't work. it don't work that way. he had information given to him. how does it add to the debate? what's the difference? >> it adds to the debate, larry, because right now, you have an administration that is trying to force a health care situation upon its people when half of the people don't agree with it, larry. that's not american. >> larry: but of those half, 13

per want it to be more. they're on the left side. and it hasn't been in practice yet. how do we know? >> hey, larry, i've been meeting a lot of people that voted for barack obama. do you know what they're saying? that they're not getting what they voted for. where is the hope and change? what about jobs? what about jobs? what about jobs? >> let me answer. we can't go by your head down. -- count. let's go by the actual numbers. let's go by the data. the bulk of the people do support this bill. the second thing is, there is something disingenuous about republican who's constantly appeal to statistic when's it benefit them. then this will not be cost effective. they said this will trays deficit. look at the cbo. now they say this will save money. they say oh, you can't trust the cbo. every time there is something that tilts against their interests, they deny it. >> larry: kevin, did you he have a point? >> no. if you count the doc fix, which hasn't even come yet, that's going to be $270 billion to $350 billion that weren't counted in

the cbo numbers, and they also did a bunch of double counting in there. a lot of economists will look at those cbo numbers and say that the numbers are -- don't add up. >> larry: they're nonpartisan. >> they're nonpartisan, but there's a lot of holes in those numbers as well. the most important fact is that you don't include the almost $300 billion which haven't been counted yet for the doc fix. look, the american public is very anxious. the reason this is unpopular, and i would disagree with anybody who says the american people are behind this bill. we are looking at a bill right now that is spending $1 trillion, and the american public feels like we don't even have it. now what they're looking at are deficits as far as the die see. a bill that just is not going to be -- >> larry: we're almost out of time. do you want to add something? quickly. >> i think if you had a sick child and your child came to you and said i need help, you would not respond with, well, the family cannot affoo