tv show. this is a national debate where you get the chance to get the four of us talk about -- >> you make a serious allegation against governor romney like that. you need to explain that. [boos] >> bill: awe, joining us from miami bernie goldberg who is usually on monday evenings but will be out of town so in case he never comes back we wanted to have him on one last time today. >> very nice, bill. very nice of you. >> bill: i'm always looking out for you bernie, come on, man. you know that the cnn suits, the people behind the throne told blitzer if he comes after you, you better slap him back. you know, no more john king stuff. you better go back after him. that's exactly what that was all about. i thought blitzer did a pretty good job saying, hey, if you are going to make a big deal out of it in your campaign, i'm going to ask you about it. don't give me any garbage. i would have done that. >> right. here is my rule of thumb. it's legitimate to go after a reporter or moderator if he asks you an unreasonable or