ill drop, not the benefits to seniors. under ryan's proposal, seniors would get vouchers for private insurance, ending medicare as a government entitlement. >> he is an articulate spokesman for governor romney's vision. but the problem is the vision is one that i fundamentally disagree with. >> reporter: i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. >> last night on the "rachel maddow show" journalist told rachel that ryan's plan for medicare may hurt the ticket in florida. >> rightly or wrongly, he's perceived as someone out to kill medicare and medicaid and for that matter, doesn't feel all that good about social security. now, this is toxic in florida. i'm not saying romney will lose florida, i'm saying as of today, he has less chance of carrying it than he had before, which is one reason he went to florida by himself. i think it's fairly obvious it's one reason he didn't go to orlando. >> the rachel maddow show 9:00 p.m. eastern. >>> elsewhere in politics, new jersey governor chris...