compliment a marine can receive is to be told that you would want them on your flank in a fight chris shays was the kind of man you would want on your flank in any fight that is the man we will remember and nothing that lieutenant shay had done in the last seventy two hours will change that fact i do have a concern whether or not the highest reaches of the command structure have some degree of a conflict of interest. because it took the united states army a long long time to acknowledge the toxicity of agent orange i mean i remember working in a v.a. as a medical student where it was not a rate of all disability whereas it is now routinely. so i think that there there may be a worry. about opening up pandora's box and i think there's no question that. the medical military command structure is subordinate to the command to the line command so i don't think that you know surgeon generals of the army or navy or air force. you know speak out of turn i think they're there they have a clear. obligation to their superiors. as far as the army is concerned not sure about the navy or the air force bu

those of you outside the company for joining us on our official day of mourning for lieutenant chris shays we are not here today to memorialize or condone the way lieutenant shay took his life rather we are here to memorialize the man we knew and worked with this last year i would ask that you not judge second lieutenant shays final act and act so completely uncharacteristic of the man we knew i feel confident the pending investigations into his death will reveal that some chemical imbalance in lieutenant shea took over his mind and caused him to make the ultimate irrational decision a decision that has left all of us who knew him stunned the highest compliment a marine can receive is to be told that you would want them on your flank in a fight chris she was the kind of man you would want on your flank in any fight that is the man we will remember and nothing that lieutenant shay had done in the last seventy two hours will change that fact i do have a concern whether or not the highest reaches of the command structure have some degree of a conflict of interest. because it took the united s

we have people like rob simmons, a good, mainstream connecticut republican, chris shays, a good mainstreamepublican being beaten by a blizzard, an avalanche of 30-second ads. >> look at what happened last time with the tea party candidates in delaware and ot r others that cost candidates in the senate. >> coming up, senator chuck schumer of new york will be here. >> is he not great? >> he's great. he's adorable. >> she wants you to be a co-host. >> i will. i love seeing you guys. >> that would be good. you're quick on your feet. >> also ahead, after spending a week in tampa at the rnc, actor jeff bridges is here in charlotte at the dnc. we're just getting started here in charlotte. "morning joe" will be live at the blackfinn saloon for the rest of the week. stop by if you're in the area. "morning joe" will be back in a moment. we make a ♪ remember the true love we share today ♪ but plenty of companies do that. so we make something else. we help make life a little easier, more convenient, more rewarding, more entertaining. year after year. it's the reason why we don't have customers. we hav