but john mccain starts walling them wacko and wacko birds. the people that were around rand paul around that. mike leigh, ted cruz. is there a change now? is john mccain too far out there and this is the new group that's going to run the senate and the gop? >> i don't know. i like rand paul. he's a very intelligent guy. he made some good points. but he does look -- i hate to say, he can look a little nutty. and anytime anybody talks for 12 hours you're going to look nutty. and it's the old guard who have been ineffective. they've lost the white house.

what does this do to burnish the legacy of john mccain?a lot of ways, the choice of sarah palin, 2008 campaign, the magic of yore was gone and an any old man replaced him. it seems he's reluctant to drop the term of illegals. other moments in town halls and we don't have time to play them, where he has defended the contribution of immigrants to society, to the economy. is this the how the john mccain got his grove back? >> i don't know if he has his groove back. the illegal comment was very much in character. he answered the question i believe trustfully and straight talk behind it. he has been not all over the map, but the incarnations of john mccain, the maverick to the supermaverick to the agitators to the base guy to the nominee to the real base guy when he was trying to get re-elected in the primary in 2010, to now a post 2012 version. i think, look, republicans agree that this is -- this might be a short-term win for obama, but a long-term problem. if they can get something big done now, they can take it off the table, or at least bl

a member of the senate armed services committee, senator john mccain. [applause] >> they are excited about john. >> next to senator john mccain, a man who was inside the israeli military the status with for 40 years. he has participated in two non- proliferation operations on behalf of israel, the first of which was as a young pilot in 1981. he was a pilot into being is ready operation. please help me welcome general amos yadlin. [applause] >> and a distinguished member of the u.s. armed services committee who played a key role in helping to combat anti-israel said the man at the united nations in a number of roles through the senate. please help me welcome kirsten gillibrand. >> senator mccain, i want to start with you. iran is on everybody's mind. what can the united states do working together to deal with iran and prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capabilities? >> thank you and thank you all for the warm welcome. what a great honor it is to be with general yadlin. we once through the same type of airplane. the difference is he used to shoot

boy lindsey graham because john mccain is upset then lindsey is upset too.the go ahead that john mccain -- in fact -- went on actually to call at it disservice to raise this issue. >> so we have done i think a disservice to a lot of americans by make them believe that somehow they are in danger from their government. they are not. >> by the way, what have republicans done for the past five or six years? making their terrified that the government is going to take your guns. everyone wants to take over your lives. >> bill: yeah, that's all they do is the scare tactic and rand paul was responding to later from the attorney general of the united states who said we have the legal authority to kill americans on american soil with a drone. jesus, that's worth raising the question about it. and it was john mccain and lindsey graham, what service do they provide by raising the big issue of benghazi and accusing president obama for being responsible for the death of ambassador stephens when the congress had cut the funding. so they made a huge phony deal about ben gau

i don't think jane fonda is one of john mccain's favorite americans.hat being said, it is true that the 13-hour filibuster had some moments in it which were a little weird. and that's okay. 13 hours, you're entitled to it. >> do you think that libertarian issues are going to cause the gop problems going forward? rand paul, his filibuster obviously touched a nerve for some gop members. >> i don't, don. you and i have talked many times about me wanting and other republicans wanting a big tent party. if you want a big tent party, you got to take a deep breath and make sure that there's room for rand paul and for john mccain. and for ana navarro, on issues like immigration like gay rights, like drone policy, on all sorts of issues. i want to tell you, what we saw this week from the democrats was even more surprising. there are many democrats, who like van, and many in congress, are democrats who agree with rand paul on the drone policy and have their concerns, and yet fairly much all of them remained silent and did not join this filibuster. it's an interes

>> i have to say i get some enjoyment watching john mccain explode for the umpteenth time. with my old boss, you know, when senator manchin questioned or continuing buildup and troop commitment in afghanistan. he said we need to focus on the united states. that being said, i think senator paul, you know, he pushed credibility in terms of the example, but he raised, i think, some serious questions. did he go too far in terms of his rhetoric? yes. now senator mccain, here's the problem. it seems like with senator mccain and graham, that there's not a war they don't want to fight. there's not a battle they don't want to engage. that, i think is really exhausting, considering the heavy price and cost this country has already paid, including, by the way, a war this country didn't fight, that senator mccain led the rally for. so criticize senator paul for what needs to be criticized, but senator mccain is pushing the notion he can be justifiably -- >> you know, they're going to have people scratching their heads on that one. let's talk about rand paul and what this means to his r

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one, he has to hope john mccain puts a sock on it.-- republicans know that if john mccain is the face of it, that that's like waving a red cape of conservatives. >> right, and we had justice alito, one of the most powerful conservatives in town, and he said listen, everyone thinks immigration reform is going to happen. just wait until we start running ads that say immigration reform will create 10 million new democrats, all of whom are here because they broke the law. then talk to me about whether it can pass, and that's the pressure we're seeing put on marco rubio. and rubio is a linchpin. if rubio backs immigration reform, i think we collectively think it happens. >> absolutely. >> if he backs out, it's done. >> absolutely. i think if he backs out, if he's not up there as one of the faces, i think it is over. >> and speaking of rubio, obviously, he's going to run in 2016, and hillary clinton probably is going to run. >> probably. >> and is very worried about a marco rubio, young, obviously new face for the republican party. in a mee

john mccain has just apologized for that comment. i think mccain realizes that the party is moving in a different direction. the appeal of a nonintervention of foreign policy is picking up speed within the party and rand paul stopped by national review earlier this week. he's a charismatic figure and that matters in politics. this is a guy who resonates with a lot of people and i think he has a bright future in republican politics. >> did john mccain revised his remark? i did not know that. >> he apologized. >> good for him. he was jealous that someone could stand up for 12 hours without urinating. >> rand paul had help with other folks. i agree with the fact that we ought to be putting pressure on the justice department and the administration to come forward with a lot of clearances. what was your take on it? situation he's in, many conservatives -- his father rand walk into a room and is the opposite. diffuse for ways to the situation. people who have served in politics understand how important that is. i had the privilege of going

and i think john mccain is way too hard on these guys. >> look, it was not a good moment for john mccains what happens all the time, in fairness to john mccain. you have senators who have been there for a long time starkts to get a little older, in their 70s and 80s, and you have the younger guard come up. and it's good, healthy for a party -- >> he's a great american. >> sure. >> he's a personal friend. >> of course. >> i just don't think he's in the flow. he's not in the swing of things the way the new crowd operates. >> that's my point. it's not personal or particular to john mccain. it's as you get older and you have this older guard it's tie to make way. he overreacted. he got very upset. it looked like one of those get off my lawn moments. you remember that dana carvey sketch in the '80s? when i was young. he was a grumpy old man. that's what mccain looked like to me. >> these guys, this new crowd is free market, almost libertarian on the economy. strong market defense but very free market. is it going to change the center of gravity in the senate? is it going to change the center

feathers, and john mccain kind of apologized for how far this went. to this. >> in an interview i said that senator paul and senator cruz were whack obirds. that was anyone appropriate and i apologize to them for saying that because i respect them both and i respect what they stand for and what they believe in. >> neil: i still sense this friction, though, between the establishment and the new up-and-comers. >> absolutely. you asked me the question earlier if rand paul kind of going against the establishment, calling in a subtle dig to mccain, the g.o.p. establishment has grown moss. it boomer ranged against the establish. i'm glad john mccain paulized but pauling people names and saying rand paul only has impact on libertarians living in the dorm room, it's false and it hurts the g.o.p. moving forward with younger voters. so aim glad to see him apologizing. >> john mccain was a maverick for taking on the republican leadership but not the fact today. >>> he drew in the line. now the white house is lowering the bar. the president's upcoming trip to isr

or do you share john mccain's view? >> well, i share john mccain's view that it's not possible.the technology, the drone technology. but the laws and the constitution that the president has to abide by haven't changed. so whether it's a drone or a machine gun, it's the same laws that apply. the president can't use lethal force against an american citizen. you know, unless that citizen is an enemy combatant or engaged in terrorism. so nothing has changed here except for the use of technology. >> but let's be clear. one of the reasons that rand paul did this was the fact that that question was put to the administration repeatedly, and it did not answer it. and there was a reason for him to ask, to press this point. it had been raised in brennan's confirmation hearings. and no one would answer that question as forthrightly as stephanie just did. that was the principle he was upholding there. michael steele, in the end, we've talked about ways in which there are fissures being exposed on the republican side. stephanie pointed out there's also fissures on the democratic side. as we p

rand paul or john mccain? ♪ who are you, who, who, who >> if you're sitting in a cafe and somebody thinks you e-mailed your cousin in the middle east -- >> to say we would hit them in a cafe with a hell fire missile. president obama started this. president obama is expanding this. >> as much as i disagree with president obama, i think you have been responsible in the use of the drone program. >> no one will ever forget jane fonda. >> the use of jane fonda's name does evoke certain memories with me. >> that's one thing if you want to try her for treason, but are you going to just drop a drone hell fire missile on jane fonda. >> to somehow allege or infer that the president of the united states is going to kill somebody like jane fonda is, frankly, ridiculous. >> there are some limits to filibustering, and i'm going to have to go take care of one of those in a few minutes here. ♪ i really want to know ♪ who are you, who, who, who ♪ who are you, who, who, who >> it is a very busy day in washington. john brennan,

fronteriza es uno de los puntos claves de la reforma migratoria que se discute, por eso 4 senadores, john mccainorprendente ver lo basto de la frontera y lo difÍcil que seria protegerla con un muro. el senador mccain vieron como una mujer saltÓ una barda de 18 pies de altura. >>> el senador schumer dijo que estÁn cerca de un acuerdo, 90% recalco. >>> aunque al preguntarle el mayor obstaculo? dijo:encontrar un balance, y lo importante es encontrar el camino a la ciudadanÍa para 11 millones de indocumentados. >>> el senador bennett aclarÓ que no todos conseguirÁn lo que desean, pero que este grupo trabajo de una forma diligente para una propuesta justa. el senador flec el punto mÁs difÍcil es saber como se detendrÁ una oleada de inmigrantes. >>> el senador john mccain dijo que lo importante serÍa mejorar la economÍa de mÉxico, y aunque dijo que se rebustecio gracias al intercambio comercial. alca realizaron este recorrido sabien que arizona es uno de los estados mÁs afectados. y dijo que cuando se reÚnan hablaran de las experiencias aquÍ recogidas. >>> univisiÓn inicia una alianza con periodismo d

young buck who is then -- is taken to task by the man, the self-style maverick of not long ago john mccain the party of an aging don quijote. i guess rand paul is only lucky he didn't confront mccain. but i think by and large a plus for rand paul. >> let's take a look at the president's weekly address, talking here about the gop meeting. take a listen. >> earlier this week, for example, i met with some republican senators to see if there were smarter ways to grow our economy and reduce our deficits than the arbitrary cuts and the so-called sequester that recently went into place. we had an open and honest conversation about critical issues like immigration reform and gun violence. and other areas where we can work together to move this country forward. >> so anna, do you think the president reaching out to the rank and final members, if you will, albeit very powerful ones in the gop. do you think that's going to do a lot to solidify the future of a bipartisan nature as a result of these meetings? >> well, certainly, both sides have come out of it saying very positive things. the republican

after tough statements today, including one from john boehner, the speaker, and john mccain among others, young issued a full apology saying i apologize for the insensitive term i used during an interview in ketchi can kan, alaska. there was no malice in my heart

not political if the filibuster is news john mccain got angry.not have been insulting. lou: rand paul blew up twitter st night, ted cruise stand with him a democrat of oregon as well. what is the reaction to mccain and lindsay gramm and dianne feinstein attacking senator crews and grand paul? >> we love ted occurs we are proud of him as a freshman senator from texas. if you watch this rate the tear -- attorney-general holder he brings people to them that one negative to their knees. john mccain is uncomfortable not to get his attention. reinstall showed people what could be done. he knew from the beginning he would be confirmed but he is getting results from the people of the left and right. lou: we will come back with the "a team" what is going on politically? is the republican parties splitting? is this a rupture? are lindsay and mccain doing exactly when some people struggle with their mortgage payments, they become frozen, petrified. not knowing what to do, they do nothing, but the people who do something, the people who take action, are far

senator john mccain tweeted "the remarks have no place in our party or the nation's discourse." the 79-year-old congressman apologized for those words saying "there was no malice in my heart." republican strategist danny diaz is working to change the party's image. he says this kind of talk will damage the republican brand. how much of a generational issue

after tough statements today, including one from john boehner, the speaker, and john mccain among others, young issued a full apology saying i apologize

john mccain is taking on the drone program. last might for the filibuster that was provided by senator paul. i don't disagree that we need more debate, more discussion, and frankly probably more legislation to make sure that america does protect the rights of all of our citizens, to make sure at the same time that if someone is an enemy combatant, that enemy combatant has nowhere to hide. not in a cafe, not anywhere, but to say that somehow that even though we will try to take that person to say that we would hit them in a cafe with a hellfire missile, first of all, there are no drones with hellfire missiles anywhere near. they're over in places like yemen and afghanistan and other places in the world. so we've done, i think, a disservice to a lot of americans by making them believe that somehow they are in danger from their government. they are not. but we are in danger -- we are in danger from a dedicated long-standing, easily replaceable leadership enemy that is hellbent on our destruction, and this leads us to having to do

john mccain was one of those invited and said it was fine. according to the white house, john mccain paid for his own dinner out of his own pocket. >>> we will talk about it later on and it may affect traffic as well, sal, what is it looking like out there? >> you are absolutely right, it look good now as we are watching people head to the hp pavilion for the memorial. it will remain there and the truck is loaded down with pet food and the chp says it appears the driver fell asleep and the truck went 40 feet down the embankment. 4:38 this is a look at traffic as we look to the macarthur, the bay bridge toll plaza is nice and it is a nice looking drive so far. 280 traffic is off to a good start. >>> most of the bay area is starting out on the dry side. it is just outside the bay area to the south and our next system is offshore at closer inspection, they are moving on, this is the bulk of the rainfall that will be moving onto the region. as far as current temperatures we have a cold start and temperatures are dropping back to the 30s . downtow

[crowd responds john mccain] >> jon: they just shouted something at him.right john mccain doesn't have time, graham, for your cheap political games. he will get this train back on track like the straight talk express. >> i do not believe we should move forward with this nomination until questions are answered that senator graham and senator ayotte and i have asked to be answered. [laughter] >> jon: what the hell. sorry but it's hard to take your tenacity on benghazi as honest fact finding given, mr. mccain, some of your past history on the subject. >> mccain did not april tend the classified briefing on benghazi yesterday. >> he was having a press conference calling for the select committee complaining about not getting enough information. >> jon: mr. mccain here is the information you requested. not now, can't you see i'm busy demanding the information you have in your hand and are attempting to give to me. and get off my lawn you son of a -- [laughter] senator mccain what the hell is going on here? >> we've had a massive coverup. a coverup. >> of what? >

>> well, i'm really disappointed in john mccain. and i'm very saddened by it. ears was a great maverick. he took on his party all the time. the idea that he's lecturing the next generation because they have the guts to stand up, which i would have thought john mccain would have applauded the news, and say, i may not agree with you in detail, but i'm proud that you're standing up with your beliefs. i don't know what's happening to john mccain but i find it very sad. >> on the substance of the issue whether or not the obama administration needed to spell out the use of drones against u.s. citizens on u.s. soil, who is right? >> if our constitution means anything, it means that your government can't capriciously kill you without the rule of law. and it was very clear from the attorney generals earlier in letters that they were reserving the right -- remember, we're not talking about combatant engaged in fighting. the minute you do that -- >> but it's okay to kill american citizens in yemen -- >> who are combatants. >> like anwar al awlaki? you don't have a problem

even a very fit john mccain couldn't cut what lawmakers had coming down the pike. congress expected to take up what they call a continuing resolution to keep the government lights on even as they keep the government waste coming, as well. senator, welcome to you. i would be remiss if i mentioned a special dated yesterday, 40 years ago that you and your military brothers were released from vietnamese prison. you don't make much of that kind of stuff yourself, but man, oh, man what you went through then. i couldn't believe it's been 40 years. how do you feel? >> i feel like the most fortunate man i ever heard of. i went through such a great deal of experiences then. i've been able to serve the country nonstop since. i've been the nominee of the republican party. it always intrigues me when they say mccain is angry. look, i get angry when i see injustice and i get angry when i see pork that we're going to talk about. i'm so happy to be in the arena and happy to be able to serve, i can't tell you how grateful i am to serve this country, maybe not always the best but i

el senador john mccain, la solución a larc plazo para frenar la inmigración es mejorar la economía deaños. gracias al inter kboir comercial entre méxico estados unidos. >>> arizona es uno de los estados más afectados por la inmigración indocumentada y tan pronto se reanude las sesiones legislativas comparo tiran con sus colegas en el senado, las experiencias aquí vividas. en nogales arizona, juan carlos gonzález univisión. >>> mientras esto ocurre en la frontera en washington nuestra compañera conversó con el presidente obama, justo sobre el tema de la reforma migratoria. el mandatario con la necesidad de que se presente una propuesta en el congreso cuanto antes y hasta blo de su gira por méxico y centroamérica. >>> el presidente obama, a nube zoi esta tarde, en una entrevista con univisión en la casa blanca, que viajara a méxico y costa rica en mayo, y se reunirá con sus mandatarios. ¿cual será la agenda allí? es una región postergada por estados unidos por muchos años. >>> ha comienzos de mayo voy a méxico primero. tienen un nuevo presidente allí. como una agenda ambiciosa de reform

john mccain would have supported rand paul. >> well, you know, i am always intrigued by the fact thatee with my own party leadership, like saying that donald rumsfeld ought to resign, we need to do the surge, then i'm a brave maverick. when i'm taking on others, then he's just an angry old man. i'll always do what i think is right. i think i understand national security. i have been involved in it in one way or another since i was 17, and i believe that the priorities that we were just talking about are the ones we should be spending 13 hours on. why isn't the united states of america helping the syrians who are being massacred as we speak? and the million now over a million refugees. what are we going to do about the north koreans who are now basically threatening to strike the united states of america? what are we going to do about the centrifuges in tehran? instead, we spend 13 hours warning the american people that we may put a hellfire missile on an innocent american in a cafe. that was never the case. but there may be an extraordinary circumstance where there's an impending atta

john mccain has been saying that all along. also janet napolitano said the border is as secure today as it has ever been, which is extraordinary. here's the thing, though. so what, the woman was caught by i.c.e. she is going to get released any way. that happens all the time. >>brian: i don't know the individual situation, but i will say this. the president spoke to two spanish-language stations yesterday and he says he's optimistic as are the gang of eight that there will be a draft of a piece of legislation by april 8, and he could be signing something by the end of the summer. the sticking point is going to be how do you essentially say by the power vested in me the border is secure? the president is going to say and republicans like john mccain will say it clearly isn't. they certainly should come up with a recipe for declaring it secure. >>gretchen: especially when you factor in what sequester is going to be doing to border patrol. apparently going to be cutting 20% of the force because of the sequester and in april they a

you saw john mccain. he came out and talked about the meeting very briefly.e said it was a fine meeting, he expected more meetings. you had mike yohanz out of they be -- nebraska saying he felt more optimistic. he also said he was not in the election, everybody has to have skin in the game if a grand bargain is to be reached. this was a meeting described to me as wide ranging but primarily focused on these fiscal issues around medicare, around chained cpi, around what the president is actually willing to do to reach a grand bargain. a lot of the folks, or at least two or three of the folks that were in that meeting, were actually part of the senate discussions in 2011 around a grand bargain, and they had reached a grand bargain agreement that was in many ways grander than what was almost reached in the house. so i think those sorts of people, like sassy chambliss, like michael yohan up for reelection could be part of this congress we hear so often out of the white house. >> senator lindsey graham, senator john mccain, senator crambliss, senator tom co burn, s

so what's on the schedule for senators john mccain and lindsey graham? reaffirming that they're going to block john brennan from running the c.i.a. just so they can talk about benghazi some more and ask questions that they've already got answered so maybe the tea party back home will like them. meanwhile, the senate intelligence committee just approved brennan's nomination, the c.i.a. needs leadership and just a reminder, the questions about benghazi have nothing at all to do with john brennan. senator mccain, senator graham, just so you know, the world is moving on without you. >>> background checks are now squarely in the forefront. the push for university background checks has emerged as a centerpiece of president obama and the democrat's efforts to enact meaningful gun reform both because it is seen as having the best chance of passing both chambers of congress and because it meets the criteria of being common sense. however, common sense has been known to struggle in the hallowed halls of this congress. right now, the fate of the universal background

i was pretty disappointed in john mccain. i want to show you, john mccain didn't excoriate eric holder, he went after rand paul. watch this. >> i don't think that what happened yesterday is helpful to the american people, to allege that the united states of america, our government would drop a drone hell-fire missile on jane fonda. that -- that is -- that brings the conversation from a serious discussion about u.s. policy to the realm of the ridiculous. >> sean: very misguided to me. he should have been questioning eric holder and why eric holder didn't say fl flatly said today, no, the answer is no, you can't do it. >> what i find sad about senator mccain's recent comments, both to ted cruz when ted cruz was frankly rising legitimate questions, and again yesterday with rand paul is when i first knew john mccain in the house, he was a maverick, in the senate for years, he was a maverick. of anybody in the senate i didn't know anybody better at bucking the leadership and marching to his own drummer. i think it's unfortunate, b

a lot of people are stunned by it, including my first guest, senator john mccain who is making news right here about it. senator, welcome to you. >> thank you, piers, good to be back. >> you're all over the news again today, predominantly involving osama bin laden's son-in-law, sulaiman abu ghaith, you're not happy at all that he's been tried in a criminal court. why is that? >> i believe he's an enemy combatant and according to the rules of war, he should be tried as such and he should be in guantanamo. and one of the questions that should be asked, if that is not the case, and clearly it's not, how soon was he given his miranda rights, and if he has been, his good lawyers will tell him not to talk. we need intelligence. >> you said in your statement you issued this afternoon that you believe the american people did not want him to be tried in an american civilian criminal court. but i interviewed jim richards last night, a new york former fire chief, whose own son died on 9/11. and he said this. >> these people played politics, the republicans and democrats, with the trials of these men

that is in contrast to national security hawks like john mccain and lindsay graham.at degree has iraq informed that position in your mind? and do you think that that we are seeing a real fundamental shift in terms of where that party has been on national security? >> it's such an interesting question. and such an important question. and i think the sort of paul-light wing of the republican party is not taken seriously by other republicans on national security. still look to you know, john mccain and lindsay graham as their serious guys on national security. and they think that the paul-lite wing is cute. but rand doesn't always get his facts right and he doesn't always comport himself with the seriousness that some of the things he talks about demands. he doesn't take himself seriously enough to always get what he's saying factually correct. but what he's offering as another way forward in republican thinking on foreign policy is sorely needed. it's a real problem that the republican party isn't willing to admit that the iraq war was about idea. when mitt romney gave

time, taking the powers that be within the republican establishment including, you could argue, john mccain by extension paul ryan by trying to one of his deficit-cutting plan. is that a dangerous strategy? >> well, i don't think it is a dangerous strategy. obviously it's a straty. senator mccain and senator gramm probably could have done a little bit better. the optics for bad, what they did after his filibuster speech because while he was standing on the senate floor for 13 hours talking about a constitutional issue, they were at dinner at a swanky hotel with president obama. that is what he's talki about. i agree with him, we have to take on a limited government and of this responsibility, individual sovereignty, fre marketplace and strong nationa defense to every corner of the country. neil: to be fair, just to be fair, at dinner that you alluded to was meant to bridge the gaps and get something moving on the budget, get something together. it is not as if there were twiddling there thumbs are having lobster for the sake of lobster. >> but the american people are starting to talk about

john mccain called it ridiculous.t believe there's a constitutional issue here but what they do agree on is that there needs to be some kind of oversight, maybe by the congressional intelligence committee, maybe by a judicial panel of how and when we use these drones. >> gloria, thanks very much for coming in. there's no doubt rand paul helped himself politically, established himself as a very, very credible senator. thank you. >>> as lawmakers wrangle over what-if scenario, the obama administration is looking into whether they can hit more aerial hits with no real ties to the 9/11 attacks or al qaeda. barbara starr has details for us. explain what is going on, barbara. >> wolf, as you just talked about, the constitution use of using drones in the united states may be one thing but now a serious look the a the reviews of the laws about how and when the u.s. can target drones on u.s. forces and overseas. just outside damascus, a military convoy is blown up by 50 roadside bombs. the syrian-based al qaeda affiliate took

dig deep we are republican senator from arizona, john mccain.or, i want to ask you about your colleague, senator portman's, announcement. now the only republican senator supporting same-sex marriage. can you ever see yourself considering a similar short of shift? >> well, i don't think so because of my religious beliefs but i respect anyone else's decision and we all learn in life and grow and mature. i have changed my position on other issues in my life, but on this one, i had not contemplated changing my position. >> senator portman says it is in line with his beliefs, with his catholic beliefs. he obviously has changed his position because his son said that he was gay, told his father that. i know your wife, your daughter, megan, support same-sex marriage, publicly made statements about t do you think if a member of your family was gay and told you that, that might influence you? >> i don't think so but i would like to point out that my daughter's opinions i respect. we have discussions about the issue. and she makes strong arguments and i th

the blisters words of john mccain directed at rand paul.t photograph to say the least but this is about several of these men who are looking at 2016 peeling away from the crowd and whatever way they can, mark. >> yeah. i mean, we have seen over the last three months now in 2013 some of these republicans running for president starting to dip their toes in to the presidential waters. we saw with rand paul and the filibuster and received a tremendous amount of publicity and jeb bush with the book tour, the interviews with the new book on immigration and then rubio a month ago giving the state of the union response to president obama and put his mark on immigration reform so a lot of moving parts and long time to go and seeing the early movements, tamron, in the early republican presidential race. >> big picture is the budget and deficit and the fiscal issues we're facing and you say when we look at this week a year from now this may be a significant week. looking ahe, just to next week, how will a lot of these moving parts play a role in what

so you saw john mccain the former presidential nominee hitting paul on this issue. how to deal with the tea party on fiscal issues and social type of issues and policy issues is another question. gwen: is this one of these cases where the democrats decided this isn't my fight, i'm going to let them fight themselves? >> i think it's party loyalty. sitting senators of a sitting president don't go on the floor and go after them. ron widen who has been very consistent on this issue which is ideologically consistent. but i would not be surprised to see a big liberal rally for barack obama. gwen: thank you, everybody. we're going to leave you just a few minutes early this week to give you the chance to support your local pbs station which in turn supports us. the conversation will continue online on the "washington week" extra. we will tackle everything we didn't tackle this week. keep up with me on the pbs newshour and we'll see you next week on "washington week." good night. >> corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> we went out and asked people a s