you can read part of it inside "the washinton post." a headline yesterday in "the washinton post, a report from barton gellman. we want to check in with the author of the angler, the cheney vice presidency. "the two men made in respect of ties, speaking on the telephone now and then, though aides to both said they were never quite friends. joining us from new york is barton gellman. thank you for being with us. how did this story come about? guest: i was wondering about dick cheney, and i guess it is kind of a obsession for me now that i have written a book on him. my question for him is that what is he putting in his memoir because he is sort of the anti- memoir guy, and he has spoken out for years about the inside cover sessions and then -- host: let me read an excerpt from the piece that you wrote yesterday, that " when the president made decisions that i did not agree with, i still supported him and did not go out and undercut him. now we are talking about after we have left office. i have strong feelings about what happened and i d

here is "the washinton post," headline. "key feature of obama health plan may be out. administration hints of adoption is not the only way to go." what is the word "maffey" meetig this morning? guest: the public option has about as much chance at as tiger woods of winning the p.g.a. championship. kathleen sebelius was just floating the idea that the public option might be dead. just to gauge reaction. if that was the case and they were watching the program this morning, they would see there is quite a bit of anger at dropping the option. but it is my sense that this is the only way they can bring people back to the negotiating table. host: jackie, thanks for waiting on the independent line. hi there. caller: good morning. mr. youngman, why don't you put on the screen the amount of money the insurance lobby has been giving to mr. baucus and mr. grassley said mr. mcconnell and several others. the head of the blue dog organization -- he is one of the top recipients of money from the insurance lobby. this is what it is all coming down to -- money talks and integrity walks.