basil smikle professor at columbia university. karen hunter teaches journalism at hunter college. and so you just saw the clip. senator mccain praising president obama's remarks on race and calling for a review of stand your ground. what do you make of a republican doing this, basil? >> i think it's a great stance for him to take. let's remember who john mccain was, he has been and is a maverick in his party for a very long time. when he ran against bush, the republicans excoriated him for some of the positions he took. he didn't even fit into this mainstream republican party at that time. now clearly the tea party has taken it him way to another stratosphere but i like this john mccain. >> john: karen, as we saw harry reid going behind mcconnell's back for filibuster reform to mccain is he enough of a presence to make something happen? >> first of all, we can discuss whether the stand your law is the issue or culprit here, which i don't think it is. but i agree with basil, john mccain laying down the gauntlet. he's an elder state

arrest as basil smikle said, i need two cameras. we found out today. [ laughing ] we found out today that rick perry is capable of ending some things in his third term like his governorship. he announced that he won't run for another term as texas governor, will he be a force to reckon in the presidential campaign of 2016? what does this mean for the g.o.p. in texas. there is a third question, but i can't recall it, let's let's go to our panel for their take. basil smikle, and tina dupuy and rick ungar, what is next for rick perry. i'm thrilled to have him run for president gain. he had the smartest pre-campaign that we've seen in history. will he fund fundraise or will he go off and join a think tank. >> the non-thinking think tank. >> yeah, i think he'll taste the waters for the next couple of years. he'll see if there is money to be raised. rick perry ran for all the anticipation in that campaign cycle, if you remember the g.o.p. was waiting for rick perry to come in, and then he fell flat. i had never seen someone fall so flat s

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