both of them represent candidates that are in trouble in their race. that's what it's a sign of. and, listen, i have full confidence the voters can wade through all of this. decide who's telling the truth and who's not telling the truth. but they're both sides of desperate campaigns. >> wa a great guest you are, matt. thank you david corn, always a fabulous guest. thank you, gentlemen. that reporter held by joe miller's thugs will be with us tomorrow night on "hardball." we'll hear from him hopfinger what it is like to be taken and represented and put in a corner with handcuffs on because you dared to ask a question on a candidate. up next, ken buck compares being gay or at least having a predeliction of being an alcoholic. he says it's a genetic predliction, you decide. this is "hardball" on the campaign tour from the university of louisville on msnbc. [ man ] i'm a filthy rich executive.