south carolina's chris crawford voted against expanding medicaid through the affordable care act.an article in the "charleston regional business journal" in january, representative chris crawford, a republican from florence, and also an emergency room doctor, supports the expansion, but expects the republican caucus to vote as a block against the medicaid expansion. quote, the politics are going to overwhelm the policy. it is good politics to oppose the black guy in the white house right now, especially for the republican party. crawford said. joining me now, msnbc's jonathan capehart. this is a strange one. i want to read you something that this doctor crawford has said in an interview thursday. with the state. he said, "his vote on the state budget was political, but said it had nothing to do with race. noting that if he had to do it over again, he might pick different words, but he stood behind the larger point of his comments, criticizing haley -- governor haley and the house republican caucus for voting against the expansion purely because a democratic president is for it." s

in january one of the republican lawmakers chris crawford talked to a local newspaper.represent chris crawford, republican from florence and emergency room doctor, supports the expansion but expected the republican caucus to vote as a bloc against the medicaid expanse. "politics are going to overwhelm the policy. it is good politics to pose the black guy in the white house right now, especially for the republican party." he's on the record with that one. any guesses which way crawford went in yesterday's note? despite the benefits of expanding medicaid to hospitals and patients crawford went with as he described it, good politics, voted against it. >>> right now we know the answer to one of the biggest mysteries of the 2012 election. it was the bartender. the bartender who recorded mitt romney's infamous 47% comments. he's come forward now. he's ed schultz's guest tonight. ed joins us next. you're watching "hardball." jodi arias faced aggressive questioning on the stand today about gaps in her memory on the day her boyfriend was killed in 2008. arias is charged with fir

chris crawford in south carolina, even though he pretty much let it slip on how it was pretty much sheikaying -- i mean -- them saying -- them saying it is not racism is just pathetic. >> stephanie: well, yeah -- >> caller: this is just the way it is going to be. >> stephanie: yeah, and here is the other thing. again, you look at everything that is just unprecedentedly obstructionist, and the nominees getting filibustered -- unprecedented in a closed door lunch meeting yesterday, the slow walking and filibustering of nominees urged them to address the issue on the ongoing gop obstruction of obama nominees including filibusters just weeks after the reform. it's saying no no anything that obama wants. >> my entire motivation is to deny the president a third term. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: exactly. elizabeth warren excorerated republicans for refusing to leave the agency. i see this is nothing more than an attempt to delay the agency. it's bad for anybody trying to offer an honest market. the public need to worry more about people who have cheated on -- this is how -- 4

representative chris crawford, a republican from florence, also an e.r.k guy in the white house right now especially for the republican party. >> but he believes in expansion. >> stephanie: and he's a doctor. and yet he's -- that's the part you're not supposed to say outloud. >> stephanie: i'm a doctor. i know it is a good thing but a lot of people don't like the black guy. [ buzzer ] what did i say? >> chose terry schiavo over television. >> stephanie: obamacare's other plus in the "l.a. times." this is important because all of the stuff is starting to happen. the whole -- you know, the stuff we do on the show with you is part of it. educating people will be a big part of whether this works right? >> it will be huge. i think we need to be really honest about the heavy lift here because what we're doing is talking about hur healthcare system. this won't be an easy task. i think the government is working on it. the private sector folks working on it know there will be a lot of work put into this. we're talking about rolling them in these exchanges. a lot i