and i say, well, i'm not senator arlen specter anymore, i'm citizen arlen specter. and i'm not happy with president obama, frankly. in this policy in afghanistan is absurd. i spoke out on the senate floor against 30,000 additional troops. we have no fight with the taliban. there are no al-qaeda there. i was part of a delegation that visited president karzai, and he's not somebody you can do business with. you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it, should never have extended the tax cut for the rich, in my opinion. .. >> good to see you again. has to summarize the lessons you learned from public-service and you write about your public experiences as secretary of state, the beginning of the iraq war. one of your "thirteen rules", this is number 13 i find you the most optimistic person. >> it is important that was the summary of "thirteen rules" but that things will get better if the morning. i start by saying that is not necessarily the case but the attitude you should have. it is within your life to make things better to go through with perpetua

. >> narrator: in the fall of 1999, senator arlen specter convened a hearing on parkinson's. >> with a focused effort, the pieces are in front of us, the science is there. i think we can make major progress towards this disease. >> narrator: a series of experts testified about the scientific promise of stem cells. >> and perhaps cure this disease. >> narrator: hope was running high that a cure was now within reach. >> i think we are close to solving-- and i mean the word solving-- parkinson's disease. with a little bit of skill and luck, five to ten years is not unrealistic. >> narrator: that timeline had a particular impact on one person in attendance. >> when i heard parkinson's could be cured within five to ten years with the proper funding, at once i knew two things. i knew that it wasn't going to happen, but i knew that if it could happen, if these people were saying that it could happen, then that's all i needed to know, was that the science was ahead of the money. >> narrator: the hearing inspired fox to start his own foundation, which soon became the leading independent funde

i say i am no longer senator arlen specter height and tough citizen i am not happy with obama frankly this policy is absurd. i a spoke out to we have no fight with the taliban there is no al qaeda. my visit did president karzai at -- karzai you have the tax cut i spoke out against it then you have the commission on the deficit of national debt. one about romney? the answer to your question is the primary process the republican nominee is so far to the right he has to make a persuasive sharp u-turn.

a memorable exchange between an angry voter and democratic senator arlen specter.e awakened a sleeping giant. we are tired of this. this is why everybodith this room is so ticked off. megyn: chris, those who wanted this law struck down in total or the mandate gone have been disappointed. but there is a question about whether the dnc official who said it's constitutional "b" rhymes with witches in a tweet was premature in his celebration on the political front. >> well, maybe was talking about dogs. i don't know. i do know this. if in fact mitt romney does go on to win the presidency on november 6, we'll look back to today. we'll look back on this afternoon, this decision this morning as what made it possible. this will be if romney prevails the -- one of the most substantial means by which he does it. megyn: he has come out and said the supreme court may have made their decision but the american people have not. day one, job one, refeel obama-care. we are told from his campaign he already received a million dollars in donations since this morning's rulings. the fox

and i say, well, i'm not senator arlen specter anymore, i'm citizen arlen specter. and i'm not happy with president obama, frankly. this policy in afghanistan is absurd. i spoke out on the senate floor against 30,000 additional troops there. we have no fight with the taliban. there are no al-qaeda there. i was part of the delegation that visited president karzai, and he's not somebody you can do business with. you have the tax cut, obama ec tended it. -- extended it. i spoke out against it, should never have extended the tax cut for the rich, in my opinion. then you have a commission co-chaired by alan simpson on the deficit and national debt, doesn't pay any attention to that.

. >> they got arlen specter and the two republicans from maine.head. >> i was just going to say that the, i forgot what i was going to say because i'm so damn excited. >> i am, too. he's the only guy that's not excited. this is the game changer. >> all right, so mitt romney, this is great for mitt romney to solidify the base. that's true. he's going to talk about taxes. he's going to say this is a x, it's a tax and mitt romney came out today, stood in front of the capitol and said barack obama's going to tax you more et cetera, et cetera. but if mitt romney chooses to focus on the health care bill for the next three months, he will be taken off the the table his number one argument to be elected -- >> by the way -- >> which is barack obama has blown it on the economy. >> by the way, not to get too tough with you, my friend because as mcloughlin would say, there's an element of truth. if this is held up as a tax, you simply reduce the tax to zero because you can move numbers around. >> but you -- if you don't think the republicans if they get contr

i met my senators from pennsylvania, arlen specter. the secretary of commerce at the time. >> you were 17. >> i was 17 or 18. >> do you remember your reaction? was there ever a time were you said i'm going to do that some day? >> i do not know if i ever said i will do that some day. i do still remember the sense of magnitude of what these people did every day. i have learned about government, it took advanced placement classes in government and high school. to really look up from the page when you are in high school. you can read about the supreme court. here is the chief justice explaining to you how they go about making decisions. it surely was a profoundly positive experience for me. while i never thought i was one to be one of the speaker some day, i certainly thought these people are working on things that matter. that to me was inspiring as it is now. >> you said you were the first person in your family to go to college? >> yes. >> what did your parents say to you about college? >> one was always do your best. it is something i r

i say, well, i am serious and arlen specter. i am not happy with president obama freckly.this policy in afghanistan is absurd. i spoke out on the senate floor against 30,000 additional troops we have no fight with the taliban. i was part of that delegation that visited president karzai, and he is not somebody you can do business with. you have the tax cut. obama extended it. i spoke out against it. should never have extended the tax hit for the rich in my opinion. did you have a commission cochaired by alan

here it is during their senate conference or in the hearings, judge roberts was asked by senator arlen specter do you believe in settled law in the supreme court in its rulings and judge roberts said yes. well, in this decision roberts has not only done away with that in election laws, but reversed it. he said he was going to be an umpire, calling balls and strikes. host: thank you. guest: i agree with him. when justice roberts and justice sam alito, by the way, were confirmed to the supreme court, they decided to become the most activist judges we have seen in decades. and literally, the supreme court before roberts court upheld almost every aspect of the mccainfeingold law in 2002. literally, three years later when roberts and sam alito were appointed, they started reversing the precedent that was firmly established by the rehnquist court, which was not liberal or radical. it was a conservative court in itself, but in the mcconnell verses ftc decision, they said congress knows better about this than we do, so we will defer to congress and uphold the mccainfeingold law. three years later, rob