if he wanted to politicize it, he would have talked about gun control. >> as i mentioned-- michael sheerer of the new york times, the president is usually reluctant, burned on the boston cop story, he wanted to get into this. so you have to ask whether this is political calculation and they took on rush limbaugh, and obama-- >> and that's story-- >> if i was mr. zimmerman's attorney i would be really happy with what happened today. >> there's more news watch up ahead next, the media getting set for a big battle at the supreme court. this year, tens of thousands of uninsured americans with preexisting conditions, the parents of children who have a pre-existing condition will finally be able to purchase the coverage they need. >> two years later, the president's big health care mandate heads to the supreme court for a make or break decision. will the mainstream media help accept the high court's ruling accept the high court's ruling or criticize those who made with my faci hair, everything needs to be just right. growing these out any more, makes me look like my dad... in the 70's... man. no

. >> joining me, david and michael sheerer from "the new york times." late night for everybody. david, let me start with you, not the worst news for mitt romney, it would have been if he didn't pull out ohio but howard feinman had an interesting tweet. he said the gop campaign is beginning to feel like groundhog day. every wednesday we wake up to the same story. what do do you? what does mitt romney do at this point, just slow and steady wins the race? >> i think that's what his campaign is prepared to argue today. they'll brief reporters about the kind of matha they think he -- that he has in his favor, that he's ahead in the delegate count and it's hard to see how his challengers catch up to him. as a result, you know, despite the perception problem, despite the sort of struggles he had with ohio last night, he's going to continue on and argue that slow and steady wins. >> and when you look at the exit polls last night, he is losing, actually, middle class voters, he's losing conservative voters. nbc took a look at what he had done up until this point so far. and then compared