just gave the unions a gift on their health care benefits. you may remember last summer back in july, some of america's biggest unions wrote the administration, demanding special subsidies for their compliance with the law. they wrote in part, congress ti running out, congress voted for this law, you have a problem, you need to fix it. we intend to stand for the health care reform, but the law as it stands will hurt millions of americans including the members of the union. while the first request was denied, they did not get the subsidies because the law specifically forbade that, some of them are getting a break after all. senator john thune has been watching the administration to make sure some of them don't get that gift, the american people get that gift. >> every american ought to be