good evening sir. >> hey greta nice to be on with you tonight. >> greta: sir, prior to being governor of virginia you have been the attorney general so you know that well. did you consult with the attorney general when he made his decision to file suit? >> well i did. he advised me he had been doing the legal research over last couple of months about this claim. we both believe that in individual mandate passed by the. is congress is not authorized under the commerce clause of the united states constitution. we think it is not a proper act on the people of virginia. we passed a bill during this last session that went into effect two week ago tonight that says it is not per miserable to force the citizens of virginia to purchase health insurance unpenalty of law. we've got standing, we believe under that new enactment, that i signed today. here in richmond. that's the basis for our lawsuit the federal government. >> greta: you obviously saw this one coming if it had been discussed and you passed a new law and signed it. what's your legislation democratic majority or republican majority

. >> greta: the former running mates went on the record together in tucson, arizona. nicee both of you, and together again. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks greta. sorry you are not here the temperature is 73° here in tucson, that's a commercial from the chamber. >> greta: i just spotted new the united states senate about 12 hours ago. you move fast. let me make the interview go fast as well. the first question senator, 14 months into this new presidency. how would a senator mccain/ president mccain presidency with vice president palin look different from what we are experiencing right now? >> i think dramatically. in president is governing from the left it is a center right country. we would never own chrysler, general motors, we would never had passed the 787 billion dollar stimulus package. we certainly wouldn't have done this massive 2 730 page health care reform. just contrasting philosophies. i'm sorry i was not able to do a better job traps in drawing that contrast -- perhaps in drawing that contrast bus he was the most liberal senator. >> greta: governor how d

nice to see you. >> thank you for having me on. >> greta: before we get to the meat of what is goingn. tell me you are the manager of the reconciliation bill. how did you get that job and what does that mean? >> i'm the senior republican on the budget committee and reconciliation is a budget vehicle. therefore, i'm responsible for being the gatekeeper on the floor. i try pick what amendments we'll go to first. i make the points of order or i ask somebody to make the points of order for me. and i help with the speaking order. so -- there's obviously a lot of interest from the republican senators we want to make sure everybody has a chance to make their points and offer the amendments they want to offer and i'm sort of the o traitor of that >> greta:ed i heard the president speak and when you hear the democrats and you think hallelujah and then i hear from the republicans and think medicare is going unand i'm so cooked. >> medicare is used to finance this bill. >> greta: how? >> when the bill is phased in there will be a trillion in reductions in medicare expenditures. >> greta: people