joining me now, columnist for "the daily beast" meghan mccain.an historic day for don't ask don't tell. the house representatives passed it as a stand alone bill 250 to 75 with 15 republican votes in favor of it. you've been thinking about the senate, you've been thinking about one particular vote in the senate, john mccains. >> i haven't been thinking about it. i think you have. >> what do you think he will do with this bill coming to the senate in its current form? would he be part of a group that would try to prevents it from coming to a vote? >> yeah, i think my father will filibuster probably, and this will probably pass, and i think america will pass it. >> you've done everything you can to lobby john mccain. >> i have to keep making this clear my public and personal life are different. if i couldn't separate these things i wouldn't have a relationship with my parents. >> kids disagree with their parents on all issues. possible republican votes in the senate to pull them over to get this up to 60 so it can go forward. what case would you ma

i am specifically bringing this up because those who were not here for the west talk, meghan mccain representsa 20 something very astute political figure in this country and she if i'm quoting her correctly when asked why the turnout was poor in the elections she said they were not sexy enough. when asked what her source was for various pieces of news she listed 17 -- she reads every day. and when someone approached the microphone she said oh my god, you are so and so from the miami reality show and i thought she was going to jump off the stage, break her ankle to the jessica simpson shoes and ask for his autograph. i think it would have been a day. this is very important because she does represent and i was very impressed. she presented herself beautifully with is very important to me is as i look at her as a twentysomething individual and a look at sources -- eugene robinson this week said there are facts and there are fox effect. the number of 20 somethings and 30 zero -- get information for facebook. i will stop to catch the drift between now and the next election how do we help the media