. >> leonard boswell has been wrong over the past 14 years. he told as we keep our health insurance. wrong. he said the stimulus and bailout bills or successes. wrong. he cut-a billion dollars from medicare. wrong. leonard boswell, tyoo wrong for too long. >> what is your response? >> $500 billion from medicare cut is not true. i hope you know that. it will make the solvency go another 12 years. no one will not have medicare. that information is available. it is a real direction. it is not a cut. >> we had to do the same thing up with the state loan program. there is a middleman. they make a lot of money. they did not have the availability fleeted out the middleman. medicare sovereignty is extended. no one will not have medicare. what i have is accurate. there are some promises that were made for obama care. tell that to the 21,000 islands were told they can no longer be a medicare advantage for them they have to switch to another account quit saying that something is not true. >> i disagree. >> we have a chance for the candidates to do their

but now, democratic congressman leonard boswell is fighting for his job. he's been re-elected here six times, but this week, his race against republican brad zaun is too close to call. >> mcneer: my wife and i watched the news last night, and i think every ad was a political ad. >> who do you trust with your money, with your future? it's not brad zaun. >> leonard boswell-- too wrong for too long. >> incredibly, bruce braley supports building a mosque at ground zero. >> pelley: well, how much relevance does all of that have to you? >> mcneer: nothing, nothing. doesn't have a bit of relevance to me. >> pelley: we invited some of the folks in town to the legion hall. how many of you would say that you're are angry about politics right now? >> yes, yes. >> pelley: oh, that got a big yes. >> i'm sick and tired of people going to congress in washington, d.c., and making a living out of it while we starve to death. >> pelley: does it matter much to anyone in here whether the republicans or the democrats control the house, for example? >> nope. no. no. >> pelley:

leonard boswell he has been an on again, off again target for republicans.nd republicans dirdant get the candidate they wanted out of the primary. brad zaun is not the candidate they wanted. a lot of outside money poured in here. this is what i say is a test of the wave. if boswell goes down on election night, he is not a majority maker, really a wave maker there. so, that is one way to look at the house, all of this is at firstread.msnbc.com. we have to stop there because let's go back to copiapo. carlos barrios made it up the elevator in the phoenix tube and he is about right now to get the greeting that 12 other miners have already gotten and each one just as special. i want to bring in jeff goodell. he wrote about the pennsylvania miners that were trapped in 2002 for so long. this moment of relief, what can you tell us that moment that those men in pennsylvania had. the first moment when they realized they were no longer trapped. what did they tell you was going through their heads? >> just an incredible moment because these guys have been thinking about

host: leonard boswell, iowa, longtime democratic congressman. thought to be in trouble.r poll has him up. guest: still under0, but he is a beloved figure. he has been around a long time. it usually sings the national anth at democratic events. he is well known. looks like he got out in front and started campaigning hard. and his opponent never really caught on to folks. host: jim marshall, george. running anti-nancy pelosi adds. and way down. guest: some of the southern democrats are really in a catch- 22. they want to run away from the national party, the president, and speaker pelosi, but they want something they can take to their base and say tn out to and georgette is looking like one of the state where the democratic base does not seem motivated. and he should be up against nation -- nathan deal came bac with baggage -- for governor, right. it looks like democrats have not been able to get excitement. host: why did you go to the university in ottawa in canada. guest: it has a good journalism school -- and i am canadian. my wife is from boston, though. host: democrat

host: leonard boswell, iowa, longtime democratic congressman. thought to be in trouble. your poll has him up. guest: still under 50, but he is a beloved figure. he has been around a long time. it usually sings the national anthem at democratic events. he is well known. looks like he got out in front and started campaigning hard. and his opponent never really caught on to folks. host: jim marshall, george. running anti-nancy pelosi adds. and way down. guest: some of the southern democrats are really in a catch- 22. they want to run away from the national party, the president, and speaker pelosi, but they want something they can take to their base and say turn out to and georgette is looking like one of the state where the democratic base does not seem motivated. and he should be up against nation -- nathan deal came back with baggage -- for governor, right. it looks like democrats have not been able to get excitement. host: why did you go to the university in ottawa in canada. guest: it has a good journalism school -- and i am canadian. my wife is from boston, though. hos