with us tonight, bill press, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and michael medved, also a nationallyost. between the three of us, i believe we have 10 million listeners. >> you got t. gentlemen, let's play this sound bite. this is admiral mullin on don't ask, don't tell. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. >> bill, i thought the righties always listened to the generals in the field that is the top guy in uniform in this country. why can't we get a vote on don't ask, don't tell, a favorable vote? >> hey, look this is really sad, ed. number one, the american people are all for this right now the military leadership is all for this and not one republican would vote for this today, forcing those men and women willing to, one, put on the own for, put their lives on the line, defend their country, forcing them to live a lie it is a bad policy. i don't blame george bush for this one this is a bill clinton policy, but it is long time to go the other thing is this was -- it's not just that this is a bad vote but that was