. >>> they are practicing for the debates and for some perspective for that one, i'm joined by carol simpsone. carol, it's great to have you here. >> it's great to talk to you, alex. i watch you every weekends. >> and i have watched you for so long. i want to ask you about the 1992 debate that you moderated. it's a huge stage, what goes into getting ready for that? >> i only had five days to prepare when i was notified that i would be a moderate for. so let me tell you, i did have the briefing books just like the presidential candidates, i studied day and night their positions on every issue there was. i understood the rich and undecided voters and what issues they were concerned about. so it took a lot of preparation. but you know what i learned? >> what? >> i learned and i'm going to sup jet some people now but debates are more about style than substance. paul ryan can read all of these books about world leaders and his economic plan and mitt romney can talk about his five-point plan for the economy, but the advantage of being a moderator is that people told me what they thought about the

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study's findings means there could be a valid explanation as to why some women, like tv's marge simpson and caroll figures. while others, like "man men's" betty draper, seem detached and cold. >> go bang your head against the wall. >> reporter: and some seem like they're not meant to be mothers at all. like "sex and the city's" samantha. >> i made my point. and he made his. >> reporter: most moms we spoke to say, the study's findings seem to make sense. >> i was always thinking, i'm going to be a mom. >> i do have friends who say they just -- they don't have it in them to want to have a baby and care for them. >> reporter: another mom argues the maternal instinct may have less to do with genetics than with circumstance. >> on a good day, i'm incredibly nurturing. on a bad day, it's a little bit harder. >> reporter: and mommy gurus told me they worry the gene study might give good moms to beat up on themselves and one another. >> it could almost invite us to look at someone who does something differently than we do and say, oh, she doesn't want to breast-feed. maybe she doesn't have the mommy gene