his attack ads. >> i'm steve rothman and i approve this message. >> who wants more tax cuts for the rich? mitt romney, chris christie, newt gingrich, and bill pascrell. >> republicans had great ideas. i liked some of their ideas. >> especially if you're wealthy. >> boy, what a cheap shot. what a distortion. they had you hanging around with the rich people and all you were saying is, let's try to find a compromise on health care to get something done. >> certainly, that's not my record, chris. my record is what other people decide it to be, of course. but third parties have said this was not only disingenuous, it was deceitful, because we were talking about health care. if we couldn't get the whole bill passed, let's put it -- let them vote against doing away with preconditions. let them vote against people getting a break on the prescription drugs. i wanted to put them to the test, the same way, chris, if you remember, i asked in 2010 a vote on the ryan budget. >> you won! and "hardball th jersey. when we return, let me finish with a bad precedent set this a )93g