todd harris, mr. republican? >> obviously it didn't work during the campaign but i think in terms of where we are with right now, first of all, republicans would be smart to say, you know what, this was a great victory for the country, the military, our intelligence service and yes, for president obama. this whole debate about whether he should be getting credit or who the credit goes to, that doesn't -- certainly doesn't help republicans. we ought to acknowledge that this was a great victory and -- >> why aren't your people doing that? >> i think most of them are. the overwhelming -- >> the cheney crowd is jumping up and down trying to get attention here. torture, torture, torture, i mean, they are just loving. this rummy is out there why are they all out there trying to get a piece of this with the torture angle? >> for the same reason that everyone on the left is trying to say that all the intelligence the bush administration was able to gather, that the obama administration was able to build on that none of t

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