among them, "new york" magazine's frank rich which recently wrote an article about our post-9/11 nation. he was on "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell last night. >> in the end, the most crucial decision that bush made right after 9/11 and he said it explicitly by the end of september of that year, was we don't want the american people to sacrifice. maybe longer lines at airport check-in but that was that, go to disneyland, go shopping. and there would be no taxes to pay for what would turn out to be two wars. i think that injected a karnser into the american political culture just as you were saying, if we don't pay for wars why do we have to pay for anything? i think you see the seeds of this anti-government movement that's in some ways paralyzing the country. this country was ready to sacrifice, bush had an approval rating that was almost perfect. people after that very contentious election were willing to give them a chance. instead be everyone went their separate ways. >> don't miss the lawrence o'donnell show "the last word." it has the biggest issues and the most compelling stories of the day. that's 8:00 a.m. eastern time on