it was thomas payne. he soldiered beside them in that campaign. they called him the common sense man. and as they were in their camps retreating in new jersey, he decided that it was time to write another pamphlet called "the american crisis." this was the one about the times that try men's soul. it was truly so. and this was one of the first literate armies in history. they read these writings of thomas payne and it helped to remind them of that cause. and of its importance. even as they weren't all of one mind as to what it meant. so washington led his forces across the delaware, gathering all the boats as he crossed, and then he began to try to reorganize the army to try to undertake and invent a new way of leadership. he wrote back home. he said he discovered something with these new england men. he said he discovered "people unaccustomed to restraint cannot be drove. they must be led." and so he undertook to invent a way of leading. the first thing he did was to work with his counsels of war. they had been very difficult bodies before. this w

and, i begin the book with thomas payne and the end of luck with thomas payne, not to be grandiose and someone accuse me of using the newt gingrich word when i use that word, but common sense, this sort of thomas paine book that looks at the revolution. there was a call for democratic republic by the people and i think we need to return to that. i don't think we are really there right now and so i think that was, i hope in some way to also light a fire under the people and get them going and get them motivated. >> host: to tell us why we should be worried about this and why this is a problem? >> guest: well, our system is fundamentally undemocratic and a number of ways. one of the ways is the closed primary. in half the states in the country, 40% of all the voters can't participate in the primaries and so they have no say in who is nominated, and as a result, we get more and more extreme candidates on both ends of the spectrums. spectrum's. we are nominated by the party activist and then that is who is getting elected to congress. coupled with the way congressional districts are drawn.

thomas knocks this free throw down. he leaves it short. also as a passer and another three-point shooter. >> verne: here is payne. with appling. en guarded by thomas. wood pops out. look inside. looks like they got aaron craft. that's his third. that will send keith appling to the fine. >> clark: both these coaches have seen from their teams a fight and a grit that you like to see, that bodes well going forward. look at the foul trouble. plenty for both squads. as you get ready for big ten tournament play, as sullinger returns and ravenel did a bang-up job in his time on the floor -- he was absolutely terrific. >> verne: eight minutes played, seven points, two rebounds and two assists. that's the line for evan ravenel. this would put michigan state back on top. >> clark: i talk about the grit and ad-- from your team, at some point there will be the adversity and you have to have the wherewithal to stay the course, and both teams, particularly ohio state have shown that quality here with the big ten championship. a piece for ohio state and an outright one for michigan state on the line. the second time he got it. >> clark: big t

payne has a track record. not just violence. chronic, terrible violence. >> thomas headley is in unita-1 for his own protection. >> because i was a member of the mormon church and a sex offender. this individual decided he was going to beat the living crap out of me and in the process of it, decided he was going to kill me. >> he is serving 15 years. >> they have been holding me in the section that they're in right now, because i absolutely refuse to be housed among people that are going to cause me harm. >> about a quarter of usp's 4,000 inmates are sex offenders. most, like thomas, have been targeted for their crimes. >> we're constantly finding them assaulted. we're constantly finding them extorted. >> i've got a safety list that's got at least 20 names on it with people that told me in no uncertain terms, you're a dead man if we ever get our hands on you. i admitted to have improper sexual relationship with this girl. she was 14. i am a man that is attracted to young women, god forbid. i have 16 months left to go. and all i'm trying to do is survive. >> steven j