himself to the seat. so that he could go to afghanistan and hunt down usama bin laden. man, he is good. mike tobin with the news live in chicago. the government gave our blago a verbal beating. how did he hold up? >> well, you know, shep, you would have been proud of your boy to. put it all in a boxing metaphor since he fought when he was young. blago took that first punch from reed sharier when he said you are a convicted liar. he took that shot and countered with a line of his own. that's what appellate courts are for. every time read shard came after him he would counter with a request of his own. request for documents or explanation. the government really was not able to control the fight at all. if the government scored any points, it was that jab in the opening line i can't point to another one, shep. >> shepard: what about blago's plan to hunt down usama bin laden? >> you know, that was part of a taped conversation that the government successfully prevented from being entered into court. in that conversation, he said he was considering appointing himself to the senate seat so he