>> it's a unicorn, but i want to make one more point. the house side and a lot of democrats are very supportive of a public option. it is not dead. i've talked to many members of congress this week, including senators. and i think this -- there may be so much outrage and pushback to this bill that it may give the public option a new lease on life. >> you almost wonder if there isn't some, and if somebody in the democratic party wasn't saying let's put up the worst possible bill and the recoil from that, the way the pendulum swings back will get us something decent. i imagine in some work of fiction that might be true. it can't possibly be true here, can it? >> i don't know, but this is the worst-case scenario. surely we can come up with something better than this. >> seriously. wendell potter, insurance industry whistle-blower, former head of pr for cigna. once again, thank you very much for your insight, sir. >> thank you, keith. >>> so much of the irrationality about health care reform, irrationality that twists to people who would mos

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there's also nothing in the bill that, let's see, outlaws unicorns or something like that. the entire republican party, folks, do you understand what they've done the last several months? they spent the entire summer, the last quarter scaring the hell out of americans about things that don't even exist. death panels, i guess you can say, are the new wmds. it's cynical. it's transparent. it's ridiculous and a weak playbook. the american people aren't going to buy it. despite all this rhetoric, the white house is still hoping for a bipartisan deal. president obama opened the door to the republicans again on wednesday night. this time he issued a warning. >> i will continue to seek common ground in the weeks ahead. if you come to me with a serious set of proposals, i will be there to listen. my door is always open. but know this, i will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan then to improve it. if you misrepresent what's in this plan, we will call you out. >> well, the republicans have tipped their hand again. they a

bill: have you found any unicorns?ants a partisan bill. i think he is among the larger number of democrats that won a canadian-style health care program. we want to reserve force for the american people, not one size fits all. bill: thank you. megyn: some high-profile supporters of the president's agenda winning the race card fly, so are you a racist if you do not support the president's health-care overhaul? rasmussen reports on how many americans agree with that charge. bill, a horrific accidents in california. what happened when an ultra light airplane took a nosedive? >> suddenly, there was this large crash. you could tell that he lost power. it was like he was trying a stunned. announcer: say hello to the can-doers. - the budget masters. - ♪ yeah yeah the knock-out artists who are finding more ways to spread their dollar further. - to bolder color in less time. - ♪ are you feeling it? say hello to newer ideas and lowered prices, enabling more people to turn more saving into more doing. - that's the power of the ho

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someone said something about unicorn-herding. what did you think about that? >> has anyone seen "the colbert report"? he is like a reporter, but he is crazy. you never know what he's going to say to you. off-camera, he is very normal. he is almost shy. you think he is a sweetheart. [laughter] you sit down and he is saying crazy stuff. you are on live tv. he said that my ideas amounted to herding unicorns, completely preposterous. i was so nervous, i did not really hear him say it. i was not laughing because i thought it was funny. i was laughing because i was scared. he was not the only one. penman of people thought when i first part of talking about the stuff that -- all what people thought one of the start talking about -- of what people thought it was ridiculous when i first started talking about. this was just a few years ago. to go through the process of getting people to understand that there are more jobs to make the environment better than make it worse. putting up solar panels, manufacturing wind turbines, doing all those things, there are jobs there.