michele flournoy, colonel derek harvey, we thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: now, to gay marriage, anue that's once again roiling republican politics for the mid-term elections and beyond. federal courts have been striking down gay marriage bans right and left, and then on monday, the supreme court stepped in, again. the justices refused to hear appeals from five states that wanted to keep banning sam-sex marriage. six other states are also affected by the court's refusal. competitive senate races are underway in at least five states where gay marriages are or could soon now be legal, virginia, colorado, kansas, north carolina and in west virginia, where republican shelley moore capito is running against democrat natalie tennant for the seat being vacated by jay rockefeller. she addressed the issue in a debate last night. >> my voting record and my personal belief is that marriage is between a man and woman and i have a long history on that dating back to when i was in the west virginia legislature. but i believe the decision that's been made is basically saying that the states will m