ryan voted for medicare prescription drug coverage, backed both wars in iraq and afghanist afghanistan, and backed the bush tax cuts. speaker john boehner defended ryan's record. >> i think that he's a practical conservati conservative. he's got a conservative voting record, he's not a knuckle dragger. >> reporter: conservative on social issues like abortion rights and gay marriage. he's sided with democrats on workplace anti-discrimination. some union rights and he partnered publicly with key democrats on budget and health coverage. still democrats say don't be swayed by ryan's midwestern nice. >> let's not confuse civility with a willingness to compromise. >> reporter: now, some nonpartisan rankings show that ryan is about average for working with democrats on legislation. in his campaign, he's working against president obama to argue his administration has made the deficit so much worse. ryan also admits when he looks back on some of his own votes, he feels miserable about policies that added to the deficit too. brian? >> kelly o'donnell covers the hill for us. let's swing our focus

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