and john mccain. john mccain, for example, against the bush tax cuts for the richest americans. john mccain, on the other hand, totally for those very same tax cuts. >> if you go back to 2004, i know your position on the bush tax cuts did change and you talked about that before. i do want to play something you said in an interview in 2004 and ask you about it. >> i voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportionate amount that went to the wealthiest americans. i would clearly support not extending those tax cuts in order to help address the deficit. but the middle-income tax credits, the family and child tax credits, all those, i would keep. >> that's exactly what president obama said. >> what does john mccain today have to say to john mccain 2004? he says is there a statute of limitations? no, seriously, that's what he said. >> is there a statute of limitations? >> no? even though john mccain 2004 was against tax cuts for the rich, john mccain now says this. >> it is not the time to raise any

if bristol sticks around. >>> have you been following the love affair between snooki and senator john mccaineen weird. snooki said on "jersey shore" she voted for mccain. she was excited and tweeted her. here's what he posted on monday. arizona senator happy birthday at snooki. that's from united states senator john mccain, wishing snooki a happy birthday. snooki replied on her tweet, thank you. that's sick we call that, how she spelled "thank." thank you, johnny. xox. she says as she always has she thinks senator john mccain is cute when he gives speeches. her political analysis. >>> we stay up front, know one was injured, nobody was hurt in this, now we move forward. >>> a woman had a couple drinks, not funny, got behind the wheel of a car, also not funny. i don't know, she brushed, swiped a little bit, maybe a school bus. nbc affiliate and local crew arrived on the scene. this is the interview she gave right after. >> well, i was behind the bus and, um, i accidentally hit the, um, instead of hitting the brake, i hit the, um,. >> gas pedal. >> gas pedal. thank you. >> sorry. time, looking

so john mccain no longer really seemed to care what the top leadership of the military wanted, but heas impressed by what the head of the marine corps wanted. mr. mccain also chose that appearance to add in a new consideration, a study. >> we're going to go through hopefully a year-long study that will hopefully also have the feelings of the men and women who are serving. >> if the result of that study is we should move beyond it you would side with that? >> if the results of that study is one that i can trust and believe in and is supported by our military leaders, obviously i would have that -- give that the most serious consideration. >> mr. mccain brought up the importance of the study. the survey again, two months ago when debating the defense bill which includes the language that would include don't ask don't tell. >> what i am opposed to is bringing up the defense bill now before the defense department has concluded its survey of our men and women in uniform which gives them a chance to tell us their views about don't ask don't tell. we've asked for their views and we should wa

cindy or john mccain's? >> in one particular -- >> on the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. >> on don't ask, don't tell. >> i don't care about their family life. about don't ask, don't tell. >> well, we wouldn't be talking about them but for that. on don't ask, don't tell, and this may be more of a nuance discussion than i want to get into here, i'm broadly on john mccain cease side, but not for the same reasons he is. count me more on john mccain's than cindy's. >> i believe a polling of conservatives that believe don't ask, don't tell should be repealed. are the republican politicians slow to catch up on that? what's the dynamic there? >> it's an interplay of different things. you have some slow to catch up folks. you have some folks beholden to particular interest groups. and also, you have to understand there are multiple principles at stake here. there are people who don't particularly care. you know, i speak as somebody who served in the army quite a while ak to probably no good effect for the country,

it's time for tonight's full time award and we are going to get to the mccains so there john mccain and his wife cindy apparently they're a little confused on friday the no hate campaign released a new p.s.a. supporting the gay community and cindy mccain played a major role in this at take a look. are political and religious leaders tell l g b t youth that they have no future they can't get married they can't donate blood they can't serve our country openly they're not even allowed to adopt in certain states what are these kids supposed to think they're being shown by the adults in our country that there are no solutions to their problems what's worse these laws that legislate discrimination teach goalies that what they're doing is acceptable our government treats the community like second class citizens why shouldn't they. so siniora mccain says that military and politics military leaders and politicians are telling the gay youth that they have no future what she happened to be talking about her husband who is in congress and the votes that he makes on congress you know john mccain has

report says gay people should be allowed to serve openly in the military, will republicans who let john mccain filibuster the repeal continue to sit on the sidelines? and tonight's main event here on msnbc, rachel maddow versus john stewart. i'll ask rachel who won. rachel maddos in the spotlight. >>> the senators said they would decide when they knew the results of a pentagon study. that study is now on the front page of half a dozen news websites. so what are they waiting for? and murdoch media's attack on president obama for what he did on veterans day gets tonight's rewrite. to try lifting one of these. a unique sea salt added to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ >> despite repeated calls for secretary gates to repeal don't ask don't tell during the lame duck session that begins monday, both republicans and democrat senators said they needed more time to decide their vote. senators jim webb, mark pryor, scott brown, olympia snowe, the list goes on and on. they all said their vote hinge

john mccain supports don't ask, don't tell. insisting that the full senate delay any votes on it until he reviews a pentagon study on the military's attitude on repeeling it. >>> long before he became the uni bomber teenage ted kazinski participated in a government funded psychological study at harvard. researchers says it was humiliating and it was also filmed. for months our sister station in sacramento has been asking the school to turn over that footage. cbs5's allen martin on the experiment the young man endured and how he felt after it was over. >> reporter: years before he started on his nearly two decade path of destruction as the uni bomber ted kazinski joined a psychological research study at harvard. >> he went to harvard and his disappointment begin. >> reporter: he was 17 years old. the study was conducted by dr. henry murray who during world war ii had worked for the o.s.s. which later became the c.i.a. murray's job was to train spies to with stand intense interrogation. >> he was simply continuing what he had don

report says gay people should be allowed to serve openly in the military, will republicans who let john mccain filibuster the repeal continue to sit on the sidelines? and tonight's main event here on msnbc, rachel maddow versus john stewart. i'll ask rachel who won. rachel maddo sw in the spotlight. [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] the u.s. government may soon require brake override technology on all new cars and trucks. at nissan, we think this is a good idea. so we did it... ...six years ago. [ wind howling ] nissan. innovation for safety. innovation for all. on our car insurance. >>> the senators said they would decide when they knew the results of a pentagon study. that study is now on the front page of half a dozen news websites. so what are they waiting for? and murdoch media's attack on president obama for what he did on veterans day gets tonight's rewrite. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready an

. >> that's pretty strong coming from the wife of senator john mccain, the man in charge on keeping theong because within 24 hours, mrs. mccain retre retreated. who's john mccain leading any way? not the american people. a poll from february showed that 75% of americans believe that gays should serve openly in the military. he's not leading service members and their families. according to leaked findings of a pentagon study, a majority said they would not object to serving and living with openly gay troops and john mccain isn't following the senior members of the military he said he would listen tg. both gates and mullen have said publicly and often that don't ask don't tell should go. so my question to senator mccain is, what are you afraid of? why are you defying the pentagon leadership? the american people? after serving this country so valiantly, why are you standing in the way of others who are trying to do the same thing, but are denied supply because of who they are. it is a shameful policy. senator mccain should be ashamed of himself. >> if you were to look at this through a po

snooki and -- and john mccain have been carrying out this twitter romance for awhile now. cain says tweeting snooki reminds him of a very hot flirtation he had with amelia earhart back in the '10s. and he said snooki reminds him of his beloved skin tags, so, that's nice. [ laughter ] last night on monday night football, michael vick had one of the all-time greatest games ever for -- [ applause ] really? wow. no dog lovers, i'm guessing? did you all get bitten? how can this be? he had -- he became the first nfl player to throw for four touchdowns and rush for two more in a single game. he could wind up being the mvp of the league this year. and, well, god is dog spelled backwards, so maybe they don't -- this is crazy. his teammate, wide receiver desean jackson said, before the game, he said, the eagles, quote, were like pit bulls ready to get out of the cage. and then everyone looked down at the ground awkwardly. speaking of animals this is -- somebody posted this to youtube. look at this. see a car. driving along the highway. and in the backseat of the car is -- a horse. it

and they call a district john mccain won. plus, she voted for the stimulus program, cap and trade energy bill and the republicans believe those nine are the most vulnerable. you can move over here and see another one. virginia campaigned in this state just the other night. voters for health care, stimulus, cap and trade, carried by john mccain. there are 44 democrats carried by john mccain. they are considered vulnerable. as i said, 53 in the class of 2006 and 2008, that's where they will start campaigning. the republicans believe and we will know this. as they come across so many of the races in the east of the mississippi time zone. we should have a good sense early in the night ohio and 91 held by democrats. >> we have a lot more to discuss and campaigning with the democratic campaign and christine o'donnell is not a witch in that campaign ad. she's in deep trouble. and the vice president in ohio is critical for the democrats right now. very, very close races. and more important for the democrats and republicans than nevad

bier coincidence i was walking with john mccain.aid, carl levin said they're going do have hearings. he said the report itself is flawed. it doesn't address the impact of what it will have on the troops. as far as john mccain is concerned, if the report is flawed, how do you get support to pass the bill overall? >> i have to bring up this nbc poll here. you have 50% think gays should serve openly in the military. that's where people stand right now. it was 40% in january. again, how do you factor this into the debate as far as lawmakers listening to the people? >> tamron, it really comes down to the votes. obviously the members of congress listen to the constituents. it's a game of procedure. a game of numbers, a game of strategy. can harry reid find the strategy to get 60 votes? can he convince republicans that the debate will be open and fair? if he can, they'll do it. if he can't, and in the past that's been a tough sell, it remain thos be seen. up hill climb to get it done this year. >> that's the theme. uphill. thank you very m

john mccain and david axelrod, last mentioned because he was in the news on taxes. i heard somebody say today it's harsh, the white house is pretending to have leverage on this topic. >> on the issue of tax cuts, you heard the president. he doesn't want to negotiate from overseas or give away the end game here, which is probably some compromise here on those tax cuts being extended on those upper earners. what they want to do first, however, is try to get a deal on the middle class tax cuts being extended. they would like to separate that from the upper earners. then if he's going to deal, you're going to see the president position himself as a fiscal conservative and say look, if you want to extend this policy, where are the spending cuts to make it worthwhile? as you know, brian, the president is on record saying there's no way that we can afford to extend these tax cuts on the wealthiest americans. >> david gregory, we will next see you in that very studio sunday for "meet the press." >>> sarah palin revealed she'll make a nine-day, 16-stop tour for her new book

by the way that was symbolic of john mccain, when he first heard who his running mate was going, to that was mccain arguing with his campaign -- i'm going to run with who, sarah who? i waited my whole life for this sarah who? i love this, she could take the complexity of the nature and reduce it to the most simplistic -- and yes, it will be a hit. hit, ed. >> lionel, good to have you. >> lean forward, ed. >> good to have you with us tonight. i'm always lean, buddy.

were you surprised john mccain lost?disappointed he lost. >> bill: do you think any of it was your fault? >> i think the fact -- first of all, if you are the head of the party and your popularity isn't good it makes a drag for senator mccain. he had a generational issue he had to deal with a young president that nobody hardly knew and an older guy. i think generational politics affected my dad's campaign, for example, in '92. >> bill: yeah, against clinton. >> sure. >> bill: sarah palin his v.p. choice a very controversial woman. you thought it was a good choice? >> yeah. i think it energized the party. there was a moment where people were kind of in the dull drums and sarah palin arrived and, boom. >> bill: going forward 2012. >> probably won't answer this question. >> bill: you won't answer the 2012 question? >> no. >> bill: you don't want to be a pundit to the republican party's resurgence. >> you want me to be a pundit? >> bill: that would be great. do you want to be on once a week on the factor. >> no, i don't. it l

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senator john mccain vowing to filibuster it if it gets that far. time to nix up with our panel.hat is going on here? >> well, i mean, it's fairly straightforward. there's two reasons why they are not lifting this ban on don't ask, don't tell, or the policy. it's the republican base. you know, john mccain said prior to the 2008 election if the military said it was okay, i would do it. when gates came out and when the survey comes out it doesn't mean anything because at the end of the day, this has nothing to do with our military preparedness. this has to do with appeasing the republican base which is simply anti-gay. there's no other way to say it. >> is that fair, matt? >> i don't think so. look. i'm pretty agnostic on this issue. but i do think it's a little more complex than people make it out to be. certainly more complex than, say, asking the -- a rank and file soldier, a marine or sailor or whatever what they think of it. so let me throw out a couple of potential questions that we should consider. that i think maybe the military is considering. if don't ask, don't tell is o

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john mccain.edication." this is huge, california will vote on prop 19 tomorrow to -- [ cheers and applause ] -- to legalize marijuana. that's what it is. [ cheers and applause ] which means -- [ applause ] -- which means thousands of stoners will be at the polls going, "dude, just pass it. [ laughter ] just pass it! [ applause ] thanks, now let's vote on prop 19." [ laughter ] this is pretty crazy. the university of south carolina will offer a new class devoted to lady gaga. or -- or, you can just take your parents' tuition money and flush it directly down the toilet. it's up to you. you're an adult. [ cheers and applause ] no one is going to stop you. this is big news you guys, mcdonald's mcrib sandwich will make a comeback tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] for six weeks only, going to come back. wait a second. on the same day people get to vote on legalizing marijuana. stoners, it's a trap! [ laughter ] just wait one day for your mcrib. just wait. it's around for six weeks. gosh, you know what t

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. >> well, senator john mccain fights a repeal to the military's don't ask, don't tell policy, his wife cindy is fighting for the other side. she is joining a slew of celebrities in the psa for the no hate campaign. in the video which details the bullying of gay youth mccain makes a reference to the military policy saying it is an example of how the government treats the gay community like "second class citizens." >>> talk about a great day. plenty of sunshine and look at this. temperatures, 68 degrees. is it really november? some 10 degrees above seasonal today. we hit 65 at dulles and 65 at baltimore as well. well, it's a little cooler right now, though, however. 47 at dc. we have got 37 at dulles. a 36 at martinsburg and. winds are light and skies are clear. the cooler weather will head our way. this is the dividing line of where a cold front is. that is actually going tore our next weather maker. plenty of sunshine for today mild. cooler than it was today. but that frontal system will gradually move its way towards us. rain by monday night. tuesday looks like a pretty soaker day. co

j dream act ocuparon la oficina del senador republicano john mccain en el capitolio para pedirle que se comprometa a apoyar la aprobacion de ese proyecto de ley. "su apoyo es muy importante para nosotros, especialmente para el dream act." gaby pacheco, que camino desde miami este ano para pedir la aprobacion del dream act, esta esperanzada ante la nueva posibilidad de 1 voto sobre la medida antes de fin de ano. "estamos viendo que el senador reid nos hizo 1 promesa en al punto, le dijo a jorge ramos, gano o pierdo yo voy a seguir peleando por el dream act, voy a pedir 1 voto. ahora necesitamos el apoyo del senador mccain, de republicanos y democratas. " tras reunirse con el presidente obama este martes, el congresista luis gutierrez sabe que es dificil. "estamos preparandonos para tener 1 voto despues del dia de accion de gracias. tenemos que trabajo que hacer. hay que buscar mas copatrocinadores y buscar los votos." pero los votos no estan seguros, nancy pelosi, que dejara de

the white working class voted for john mccain by 18 points. we see the whites are much likely -- more likely to support of the legislative level. what happened on election night is that two groups have split their ballots for various reasons and all decided to vote republican, and the first group is southerners and others in rural southern districts. these places traditionally voted republican at the cop -- top. it persisted until last night. key examples are virginia 9, mississippi for, missouri for reaching mississippi a 4, -- mississippi four, missouri 4. in 1832, the heart of the democratic party was white, rural southerners. even in 1980, the majority were held by white southerners. today there is more of a majority in new england and new york. that would only ascribe for part of the game. you would have the republicans and seats surging back. you would have ruled southerner's no longer splitting their tickets. you also saw perhaps one of the few times in history that northern democratic white working-class voters were voting republican.

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. >> mark udoff and john mccain are cosponsoring the effort. president obama long backed earmark ereform and now his former rival is calling him out. >> if the president supports this and i'd like to see him send a message to the democrats in the senate saying vote for a moratorium for two years on earmarks. put his money where his mouth is. >> it's likely to be ruled out of order be awe procedural vote is expected to put lawmakers on the official record. at the end of it all there was one republican opposed to the ban, james inhoff but it was muted. they agreed to support balanced budget amendment in the constitution. and cut non-defense spending to 2008 levels and oppose new unfunded mandates or new entitlements and unspent stimulus cash, they want to give back. all of it is non-binding. >> bret: president obama presented the medal of honor to the first living service member from iraq or afghanistan wars to receive the nation's highest military declaration. >> we saw a chilling sight. silhouette of pulling the other bodies away. these were sa

but it's hard to believe that they would nominate someone to the left of john mccain.was probably a moderate. and the republican primary collect drift and dynamic in 2012 will be so much more conservative than it was in no way. it's going to be like two different playing fields really. so we'll see. but the short answer for a lot of this is you know, politics is a very dynamic. the president have a lot of things to worry about the doughnut jewitt's reelection and will see. will have the chance to make our case. and i know something i look forward to doing because i think the stakes are really important. but we don't know who the nominee is. but again, there's a chance that not one of us in this room right now would say who the republican nominee is ultimately going to be because it could be somebody who nobody thinks is going to run. it could be someone who wasn't politics, is not. we don't know. so the cast of people running will probably be a little bit different than we think it's going to be. but even if there's no surprises come with got to let the thing play out.

. >>> a new antibullying ad is showing arizona senator john mccain and his wife has different views about don't ask don't tell. >> they tell them they have no future. >> they can't get married. >> they can't donate blood. >> that was cindy mccain there. cindy said the government treats the community like second class citizens. her husband senator john mccain lead a filibuster against repealing don't ask don't tell. >>> let's go back over to sal to check in on the commute. sal. >> things are getting busier as we get closer to the peak of the commute. let's start off with the bay bridge. traffic will be slowing there. that's where we are starting. westbound traffic will be slow there. although it's not up to the usual volume. we're getting a little bit of a break today at the bay bridge. also this morning we're looking at the commute here on interstate 880 and so far it has been much better than the last few days when we've had probablimatic disputes. right now westbound 580 they are stuck with slow traffic. it's getting slower and slower because of a an accident clearing up at the livermor

. >> bret: mike huckabee has been busy since finishing second to john mccain in the primaries.a show on fox, starting up a political action committee and writing three books. his knack for communicating to middle america is paying off. he received the highest favorability rating among 2012 con tenders in a recent poll. came in second in the values voters summit presidential straw poll. and named by likely gop voters in iowa as the favor win the republican nation. you are leading in a number of polls that people take about republicans who have a good shot against barack obama. does that factor in two years out? >> it is not going to be the determining factor. you can base it on opinion polls that doesn't put money in the bank in your campaign it dent recruit volunteers up and down -- it doesn't recruit volunteers up and down america. >> he is well thought of by a lot of conservatives. he has a good sense of humor. i saw him woo crowds with his wonderful personality. >> bret: huckabee's ability to woo crowds and exude a sense of authenticity comes in part from his background as a

in 2008, david brock attempted to start up a 527 group to do to john mccain what republican groups were to barack obama. the future president said, don't. the white house is reportedly now not saying don't. craig sergeant reported in his blog, this time the goal is a big-league 527 to try to push back against the karl rove money tree and the u.s. chamber of commerce. except his would observe partial donor transparency. david is on the road talking to donors and strategists who would be interested. he's out pitching it right now. we tried to get david brock to join us but were told he was on the road, seriously, on a plane. he'll join us tomorrow. >>> let's bring in kenneth vogel. is the report accurate? >> it is. my sources have confirmed similar reports. you have david brock, who found great success with his media watchdog group, media matters. raising money from some of the very donors turned off to the political process and to giving to outside groups that weighed in heavily with television ads and voter mobilization efforts in 2004. i'm talking about george soros and members of the

. >> bret: mike huckabee has been busy since finishing second to john mccain in the primaries.osting a show on fox, starting up a political action committee and writing three books. his knack for communicating to middle america is paying off. he received the highest favorability rating among 2012 con tenders in a recent poll. came in second in the values voters summit presidential straw poll. and named by likely gop voters in iowa as the favor win the republican nation. you are leading in a number of polls that people take about republicans who have a good shot against barack obama. does that factor in two years out? >> it is not going to be the determining factor. you can base it on opinion polls that doesn't put money in the bank in your campaign it dent recruit volunteers up and down -- it doesn't recruit volunteers up and down america. >> he is well thought of by a lot of conservatives. he has a good sense of humor. i saw him woo crowds with his wonderful personality. >> bret: huckabee's ability to woo crowds and exude a sense of authenticity comes in part from his backgrou

john mccain leading the opposition against repealing the ban. here is cindy mccain joining in an advertisement supporting repeal. let's watch. >> our political and religious leaders tell lgbt youth they have no future, they can't serve our country openly. our government treat the lgbt community like second-class citizens. th >> that is a fascinating divide. >> she goes on to equate those issues with the ban in the military. the senator's view on this, he is opposed to repeal the ban unless the military can oob sosh this. this is a political timing moment. if it can't be done in this lame duck session more republicans coming in, the votes may simply not be there as we move forward. >> what we know preliminarily from the draft report from the military, aside from strong objections from the marine and general amos, is the military is generally accepting, not eager, but willing to take it. >> i think that is right. military leaders i talk to privately and those i talked to publicly say that is right. this is a longer term issue. what the administrati

in the presidential campaign when silly old john mccain began calling barack obama a socialist, everyoneshould have said, so are you and so am i. socialists like john boehner and now rand paul should not be able to hurl that word as a slur against other social is. there is good socialism and bad socialism. socialism that won't work is ill conceived, too expensive, not grounded in reality. i will join glenn beck in the opposition to that kind of socialism. bad socialism is bad. but not all socialistic notions are bad. we should not allow this country to live in fear of a word. socialism has contributed mightily to the quality of life in this country as has capitalism and both will continue to. we can continue to lie to ourselves about this the way glenn beck and bill o'reilly do, or we can look to the truth of ourselves and realize what "newsweek" realized in 2009, 16 years after i did, we are all socialists now. >>> yesterday the most recent ♪ [ male announcer ] what does it take to excel in today's business world? our professors know. because they've been there. and they work closely wi

>> john mccain.as in reaction to a question about afghanistan, and he does believe there should be cuts in the defense budget, but not across the board meat ax. >> and senate-elekt rand paul is not as far as cutting defense spending as his dad congressman ron paul who was on the show we barney frank saying to slash defense spending. >> ron paul has es essentially stopped the waters edge and no u.s. military involvement overseas and rand paul says some military involvement is justified and going after afghanistan after 9/11 justified and it is succeeding or time to come out when you have huge deficit spending and you can't say, we remaking progress, it is time for the conversation. so a global projection of the might that is going to dominate the conversation, and another conversation that is going to dominate washington is where can you find cuts, cuts in spending? and secretary gates knew it was coming and he got out already saying that he knew they had to do some cuts and the president commission d

i think that's something that john mccain had no shot of doing in 2008. i'm also not pessimistic, even if republicans do have the kind of route that ari's predicting, i think president obama will be better governing with a narrow majority or playing slightly from behind than he does with this huge lead he's had for the last two years. democrats in congress have been awful front-runners. we've done very little in the way of making progressive change, at least to the scale we could. i'm looking forward, even if we lose to a very productive two years. assuming republicans don't commit themselves to gridlock as they have for the last two years. >> larry: we'll continue with s.e. and hillary in a few moments and the individual governors bailey wick as well right after this. we're cracking down on medicare fraud. the new healthcare law gives us powerful new tools to fight it.... to investigate it... prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to stop, spot, and report fraud. you can

i hold john mccain accountable. i think she could have been great. >> here is where i have to jump in. i will speak for many americans when i say sarah palin was not ready to be president. not ready to be vice president of the united states based on her inability -- her lack of knowledge, lack of understanding. >> based on what? >> we're not going to go there. the other thing i cannot let slide by is your comment about the president of the united states being a socialist. it's ill founded, out of line. i want to talk about your movie for a second. here -- >> you did a great job. >> here is my question. the media is bias. >> right. >> it's always been true and always will be true. there's fox. and then there's msnbc. i'm not saying we are a sense of purity, we are cnn, down the middle. every person in his own way views the world through a prison m. >> sure. >> isn't it better to say understand that than to live in a world where you pretend there's objectivity. >> it may be the only thing we agree on. >> i rest my cas

john mccain was on "meet the press" afterward.id gregory played a clip from 2004 where mccain said he didn't want the wealthy to get the tax cuts. he's singing a different tune now and he told david gregory why. >> is there a statute of limitations? >> the economics is vastly different today. it is not the time to raise anyone's tacks. they should be extended until we're out of this recession. until such time we can look at other tax hikes, but when we're in this recession i can't believe raising taxes is a good thing on anybody. >> so it doesn't get any eeier for the president. he lands on the south lawn and will board marine one later this afternoon. later the lame duck session cob conveniences. on thursday he has all of them over the white house for a meeting and then upstairs to the residence for a little nosh, a little dinner. alec? >> that's going to be a big day. thank you very much, mike viqueira. we're going to bring you that full "meet the press" right here on msnbc at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> rahm emanuel has been ca