jonathan gruber, thank you very much as always for being here. >> you bet.py to be here. >> up next, the amazing steve martin gets political. .at the be world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> bob kerry, both a former governor and u.s. senator for nebraska is again running for the u.s. senate seat in his home state. after announcing his candidacy back in march, he soubded optimistic about his chances. >> i think there's a good chance i'll win the election. i love the people of the state. i love the place and i love the values. >> but now the latest polls in nebraska aren't loving him back. they show him trailing his opponent. one reason, fisher has had the benefit of a lot of super pac money. she also has the endorsement of sarah palin, which could be a pro or kon, depending who

jonathan gruber, thank you very much as always for being here. >> you bet. to be here. >> up next, the amazing steve martin gets political. >>> bob kerry, both a former governor and u.s. senator for nebraska is again running for the u.s. senate seat in his home state. after announcing his candidacy back in march, he sounded optimistic about his chances. >> i think there's a good chance i'll win the election. i love the people of the state. i love the place and i love the values. >> but now the latest polls in nebraska aren't loving him back. they show him trailing his opponent. one reason, fisher has had the benefit of a lot of super pac money. she also has the endorsement of sarah palin, which could be a pro or con, depending who you ask. so bob kerrey is turning to his own endorsement, steve martin. >> hi, i'm steve martin. you probably know me as the actor and comedian. but did you know i'm also a home crafts expert? today i'm going to show you how to make a wad of paper. a wad of paper can be a lot of fun just to play with around the house or maybe toss

he called it "the individual mandate" >> jonathan gruber says, "if you don't do the mandate, you'll cover x amount of people for x amount of cost. if you do do the mandate, you will cover this many more people, and it will be cheaper." >> narrator: the mandate was an idea first proposed by the conservative heritage foundation. >> this is a very conservative idea. "let's put the onus on individuals, responsibility." i think he felt strongly the moral case for the mandate. my job was just to see if the numbers added up, and i think he was excited they did. >> bain management consultant says, "this is a no-brainier. you have to do the mandate. it is cheaper per person and everyone gets covered." >> his political people were actually opposed. i mean, basically the meeting largely consisted of him arguing with his political advisors. his political advisors were saying, "we don't think this is such a smart thing to do." and romney is saying, "no, check this out. i can do this. isn't this neat? i can make this work." >> narrator: now romney, the ceo, had to work with the hostile democrats in the

. >> narrator: jonathan gruber sat with romney and carefully outlined the problem. >> romney was in management consulnt mode. ntke, "here is a problem." sort of engineering almost mode. >> narrator: romney heard the bad news. >> the state of massachusetts, which he is governor of, is bleeding red ink because people don't have health insurance and they are driving up costs for everyone else, and taxpayers are paying for it. >> narrator: the uninsured were bankrupting the government. t grubt had a solution: all residents should be required to buy insurance. s he called it "the individual mandate" >> jonathan gruberays, "if you don't do the mandate, you'll cover x amount of people for x amount of cost. if you do do the mandate,ub you will cover this many more people, and it will be cheaper." >> narrator: the mandate was an idea first proposed by the conservative heritage foundation. idea. "let's put the onus on individuals, responsibility." i think he felt strongly the moral case for the mandate. my job was just to see if the numbers added up, and i think he was excited they did. >> bain manageme