they can get the border enforced and controls on illegals as long as there can be enforcement on employeres, they understand the reality. but will mitt romney demonstrate that he understands the reality? will romney show that he's willing to say the honest truth, even if it may not be politically opportune at the moment? to me gingrich survives this, but it will show us a little more about romney in the weeks ahead. >> brown: speaking of romney, mark, he put out an ad this week that got a lot of push-back from democrats, sort of crying foul over it, right? >> yeah, i mean, mitt romney-- nobody has any doubts about mitt romney's abilities. his education congressionals -- a graduate of harvard business school and harvard law school, his business, is exemplary family life, first-rate intellect-- these aren't the questions. the questions about mitt romney are his character and what the core of the man is, what he really believes, and in his introductory commercial he basically takes words not simply out of context, he takes words barack obama was quoting a mccain campaign person in 2008 and att

. >> the employeral question is out there, and -- i think the answer is, he comes up short on the moral question. and that's a huge deal in a case like this. >> reporter: it is a profound fall from grace for a coach who had a pristine reputation. paterno, now 84, is the winningest college football coach ever. he's brought tens of millions of dollars to the school that has his name and image all over campus. neil rudel has covered penn state football for 34 years. >> it's been the kingdom and power of joe paterno. and i think, unfortunately, it all came back to roost. it's going to take a clean sweep of everybody who's been involved. >> reporter: paterno is a fighter, and his son said today he wanted to tell his side of the story, but the university shut down that media event many there are reports a ninth victim has come forward with a similar story of being abused at a football facility. brian? >> so, ron, we have these dual tracks. impossible to overstate the human damage if any of these allegations are true. and also, impossible to overstate the legend of this man they call joe pa lo

they can get the border enforced and controls on illegals as long as there can be enforcement on employeres, they understand the reality. but will mitt romney demonstrate that he understands the reality? will romney show that he's willing to say the honest truth, even if it may not be politically opportune at the moment? to me gingrich survives this, but it will show us a little more about romney in the weeks ahead. >> brown: speaking of romney, mark, he put out an ad this week that got a lot of push-back from democrats, sort of crying foul over it, right? >> yeah, i mean, mitt romney-- nobody has any doubts about mitt romney's abilities. his education congressionals -- a graduate of harvard business school and harvard law school, his business, is exemplary family life, first-rate intellect-- these aren't the questions. the questions about mitt romney are his character and what the core of the man is, what he really believes, and in his introductory commercial he basically takes words not simply out of context, he takes words barack obama was quoting a mccain campaign person in 2008 and att