diane holder, president of ceo of upmc health plan is joining us.ership positions in a number of health care carriers -- areas and one of the founding ceo's of community care behavioral health organization. she is going to be the moderating influence on this panel of regulators. next to diana is steve larsen. after a career as insurance commissioner in neighboring maryland where steve was one of the luminaries in insurance regulation, one of the key things he did was an action that stop conversion of nonprofit blue cross plan to a for-profit plan. steve went on to become the head of the managed-care company serving medicaid and medicare beneficiaries. when the office of consumer information and in some assurance oversight was formed, he was appropriately picked as the director of oversight, one of the key positions. he is here to tell us, at the beginning stage of what opiio is going to do to bring about health care reform. we couldn't do this without having a good antitrust enforcer on the panel. we have a good antitrust enforcer. cheryl arnold poz

light is in shaman, diane evans. -- ladies and gentlemen, and diane evans. >> the greatest gift we canice of our country or died as a result of their wounds many years later is to give their families, spouses, loved ones, and friends our comfort and are grieving, support in their work of recovery, and faith and hope in real possibilities. and yet another get is using another in learning the lessons of their untimely death to never again deny honor and compassion for churning -- our current generation of courageous military men and women. [applause] the vietnam veterans memorial foundation was created in 1984 in river falls, wisconsin where i was living at the time. yay, wisconsin. we have been incorporated since 1984 and we have dedicated a monument in 1993. what we do now is support and aid in their dealing, praise the memory of the impact of war on women, to find a way for the vietnam veterans to reach out, and support them in their journey of recovery. we're privileged to have one of these women today as our honored speaker. hi saw this woman on the internet. she was an air force ac

diane sawyer. >> hello, hello.you and bill and nancy reagan would go out and hear ventriloquists without me. no way. >> absolutely. she'll be our -- she'll be our surely mclain in our rat pack. >> nancy and i will be out with you two. definitely will. i just want to say, larry, what a monument of vitality you have built for all of us. and i cannot wait to see your specials because everybody in the world wants to talk to you, and to see you do them in a concentrated way when you choose to do them is going to be a thrill. >> larry: thank you, diane. when we do the last week of "larry king live," we hope you'll come on as one of the guests that week. >> i will definitely be there. put me down in ink. >> larry: congratulations on the anchoring. that's a great gig for you. >> thank you. thank you. and, again, we -- we love and honor you. >> larry: thank you. nice lady. >> yeah. she does a great job anchoring the news. >> larry: terrific talent. >> she's really easy to take. that's what that job is, someone that's really

light is in shaman, diane evans. -- ladies and gentlemen, and diane evans. >> the greatest gift we can give to those who died in service of our country or died as a result of their wounds many years later is to give their filies, spouses, loved ones, and friends our comfort and are grieving, support in their work recovery, and faith and hope in real possibilities. d yet another get is using another in learning the lessons of their untimely death to never again deny honor and compassion for churning -- our current generation of courageous military men and women. [applause] the vietnam veterans memorial foundation was created in 1984 in river falls, wisconsin where i waliving at the time. yay, wisconsin. we have been incorporated since 1984 and we have dedicated a monument in 1993. what we do now is support and aid in their dealing, praise the memory of the impact of war on women, to find a way for the vietnam veterans to reach out, and support them in their journey of recovery. we're privileged to have one of these women today as our honored speaker. hi saw this woman on the internet. s

. >> larry: thank you, diane. the last week of "larry king live," we hope you'll come on as one of the guests that week. >> i will definitely be there. put me down in ink. >> larry: congratulations on the anchoring. that's a great gig for you. >> thank you. thank you. and, again, we -- we love and honor you. >> larry: thank you. nice lady. >> yeah. she does a great job anchoring the news. >> larry: terrific talent. >> she's really easy to take. that's what that job is, someone that's really smart, credible, easy on the eyes, like you, larry. >> larry: okay, bill. we've got about a minute left. >> apparently a minute too much. >> larry: give me a forecast on the elections. >> you know what? >> larry: how many republicans pick up how many house seats? >> i don't know. you know, it looks tough for obama right now, but when you look at -- of course they haven't really made their case yet, but he probably did stave off a depression. you know, when he came into office, the economy was heading right over a cliff. they'll

i would rather have diane woods.s far as i'm concerned, she's qualified, but she is to the right of society meyer. i would rather have a liberal justice to counteract the extreme members of the federalist society who are sitting on this court now. host: uh -- guest: a lot of people believe that. that's a very consistent liberal view that our caller just ar ticklated. and we just have a different -- a difference of opinion. i would strongly dispute i am anywhere near right wing, if you saw my history of fighting on behalf of the wet lands and against david duke and the lit any of things. -- lit knee of things. i'm hardly right wing. >> elena kagan will be introduced by senators kerry and brown and it will be carried on one of our many c-span networks and on radio and on the internet. so stay tuned just in case the house and senate are in. i don't think the house is in that day. i'm not sure. but it will be carried all over c-span. so you can't miss it. chandler, arizona. thanks for holding. go ahead, mo. caller: i've

if companies like diane's are taken out, i would be concerned about that. the argument they always use for what -- for why they had to do what they did is that they need leverage against the consolidated delivery system. i think if you look at what we need in this reform, we probably will see, through accountable care organizations, more integrated delivery systems, and generally, and increase the amount of consolidation on that side. that will give a push for the insurers to consolidate as well. i do think it is a challenge. some consolidation is good, but we have to be careful that it does not becomm too much consolidation. >> cherries, if an insurance company walks into the door -- shares, if an insurance company walks into the door, what kind of reception are they going to get at the justice department? >> they will certainly speak to anyone that wants to talk to us, and we will look at every transaction on its merits. we look at facts. without the markets. everyone knows, health care is a fairly localized market. i agree with your characterization of t

host: diane in cleveland calle. caller: i am disappointed in the american people. this president is doing the best that he can do. a lot of things that he is trying to do is being stopped by the republicans. if they could work with him, a lot of these things could get done. a lot of you progressives are nothing but clinton supporters. this man is doing the best he can. we appreciate him. i want to tell everyone in america, you do not speak for me, you do not speak for half of america. you speak for yourself. you write on your blogs and you let people talk about his family, his kid. but when somebody says something about israel, you get angery. guest: i am a supporter of the what we began talking about, this piece described to liberals and progressives on what they should avoid. some wanted more progressive ideas in the health-care debate, for example. people should push for that, do all of the political activism they had in their will to do. the main point i am trying to get across is that liberals, obama supporters, should not get into the frame of mind where he i

host: abc news with diane sawyer had an interview last night with the author of the "rolling stone" magazine article, michael hastings, end asked the reporter about his questioning to general mcchrystal. >> why did you do this? why did he say these things to you? why did he allow his aides to say these things to you? >> they were frustrated and they wanted to get that message out. the headline to me was that the war wws out of obama's control. by telling the story through general mcchrystal, i think we were able to illustrate hat in pretty telling detail. host: we want to know from yyu this morning, should president obama fire general mcchrystal? he will be meeting with general mcchhystal and defense secretary gates. at 11:30 a.m. eastern time, the president will meet with his national security team on afghanistan and pakistan. "the new york times" says general mcchrystal should be explaining what wrong with his first major offensive, and how he plans to better it in kandahar, and they should all be working to come up with a plan for managing relations with afghanistan. "the wall street jour