carney, the white house press secretary came out in the press room this afternoon, didn't let newt up off the floor and said, well, newt said that, but don't forget that newt also said that he wanted to see medicare die on the vine. on the one hand, newt is going to get attacked by fellow republicans for not being a team player and issuing a devastating shot at the heart of the whole republican attack plan this year but at the same time if newt manages to get anywhere, which is unlikely, he is going to be attacked by the democrats for saying he wanted to see medicare die on the vine. >> what's interesting, everybody out of the woodwork, santorum, never seems to be in the national conversation in there trashing the guy, saying the criticism of paul ryan's medicare plan yesterday was a big departure from newt gingrich's often sound policy proposal. dick armey, i don't think like newt gingrich, my view now, he joinee0the don't care crowd. it isn't about the nation's health care, fiscal health care it is about the presidential