it's because we don't exercise along with, i suspect, a wide variety of other factors which are undiscussed point. at the end of the day -- i probably just said 50 things i shouldn't have said, susan, but the fact of the matter is -- i look at this as a cultural issue, much as the way we make decisions in our government, i see the cultural issue much as the way we make decisions in wait we run our companies. a culture that exercises is a culture that exercises. because of the culture -- >> it's a healthier culture and right now it's going to be based on -- we're looking at owe bosebose ty -- obesity rising. there is a sense of responsibility here. >> what happened to the culture? >> you used to do things in a different type of environment, the way we lived. >> karen, what happened to the gym class or whatever it is? >> i'll tell you what happened. budget cuts. at the school level, how many kids actually have the recommended one hour of physical education every day? probably not many unless you go to private school. and number two, we talked about this a couple weeks ago. it is not by coinci

. >>> leaving no birther theory undiscussed, no multimillionaire untouch the, mitt romney is focusing the glittering high-rise of the trump international hotel to the 65,000 square foot chateau, mr. governor, welcome to the general election. it's wednesday, may 30th, and this is now. joining me today, the man who forever changed the vice presidential nominating process, msnbc political analyst and national affairs editor for new york magazine john heilemann, former rnc chair, the notorious michael steele, the always delightful msnbc political analyst and former dnc communications director concern finny and hugo lindgren. the nicknames are so long it's hard to open the show what would you do if you had just clinched the republican nomination for president? perhaps share the stage at a fund raiser with donald trump and newt gingrich? for the romney campaign, check. then make nothing public appearances and insaed the next day jet to a 95 room chateau that sits on an estate. check and check. ideally that will would be hosted by the ceo of a major corporation th

. >>> leaving no birther theory undiscussed, no multimillionaire untouch the, mitt romney is focusing the glittering high-rise of the trump international hotel to the 65,000 square foot chateau, mr. governor, welcome to the general election. it's wednesday, may 30th, and this is now. joining me today, the man who forever changed the vice presidential nominating process, msnbc political analyst and national affairs editor

well, you know, this is not an undiscussable position. i mean, he's a very articulate man. if he wanted to give a speech about this and really explain it in-depth instead of viewing it only through me, he could come forward. and it angers me that he doesn't. i hope he will. i hope he will maybe look at my book as a stepping stone towards being able to come to terms with this thing. because it wasn't wicked or horrible on his part. it was the finagling of a high official who thinks he can pull the levers and make it all work out and get hanoi to negotiate. that may be defensible, it may be not, but it is an explanation that he owes us. c-span: did he or his pentagon lie to us during the time that he was there for those seven years? >> guest: oh, yeah. oh, yeah. there's no question about it. c-span: on purpose? >> guest: yeah. a lot of it, i think, is sort of tactical. i mean, the most obvious example that i give is in the most easily documentable example -- is when he said right away he found there was no missile gap and the reporters went out and printed this on a backgroun