that doesn't amount to diddley. >> doesn't amount to diddley. barbour is already catching flak for those comments. the democratic national committee issued a statement saying slavery is a big deal and barbour is defending the indefensible. straight ahead, we'll hear from a whole panel of civil war reenactors to hear what they think about this controversy. well, right now we're going to run the story by cnn political editor, mark preston. mark, this is getting really political now. it's gone from a blue and gray issue to an issue about red states or, i don't understand why it's becoming political. what is political about this? what is left and right about this issue? >> you know, don, it really comes down to politics, right? whatever you talk about race, you have to be very careful about how you put it in the context you put it. if you listen to what governor barbour said right there, he said that, look, why should we -- why do we have to explain how bad slavery is? we all know that it was terrible. however, when you use words such "nit," that's when democrats were able to seize upon that. and of course, we saw the democratic national committee
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