reporter greg sargent at the plum line cited for the second time on tonight's show has obtained a new mailer from 60-plus, and as is often the case in politics, what they put in the direct mail piece is much worse than what they're willing to put on television. for example, the big poll quote in the mailer includes this, out-of-context quote from president obama -- maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller. the president wants old people with health problems to take the painkiller. maybe even take a lot of painkillers, if you know what i mean. this is a group that claims to represent seniors. the way they have chosen to represent seniors in this particular fight is to try to scare seniors into thinking their government wants to kill them. with friends like these, who needs corporate-funded fake grassroots enemies? joining us now is john rother. he is executive vice president of policy at aarp. mr. rother, thank you very much for coming on the show tonight. i appreciate it. >> good evening. >> now, on the surface, it looks like your organization, aarp an