that is located directly south of hancock, harrison, and jackson counties shall be known as the gulf of america." no more gulf of mexico? really? his office was faced with a barrage of calls. holland is now telling the host of angry critics it was just a joke. apparently he came up with the ruse to draw attention to a number of republican-backed state bills he feels are too harsh on illegal immigrants. holland says he's tickled that his satire was lost on so many people. some of his republican colleagues were less than amused by the trick if it was a trick. >>> up next, how much did the fight between the obama administration and the catholic church hurt obama with catholic voters? we'll have the "hardball" strategists when we come back. you're watching "hardball" only on msnbc. ♪ it's nice to be here ♪ it's nice to see you in my bed ♪ ♪ ♪ there are diamonds...