rights, which is ironic because that's not exactly the republican party's bailey-wick. it was a true insult. the person who he insulted has accepted his apology, and he issued a statement saying the apology was significant. he can't remember when a potential presidential nominee apologized for anything. he also stated that because hagel said he would be willing to back lgbt families and if that's a commitment to treat lgbt families in the service and everyone else that's -- >> that's a thin read on which to hang opposition to hagel. >> something very strange is happening in the united states senate these days, and i'm not talking about the fiscal cliff. i'm talking about how you have republicans eating alive their own republicans. that's almost unprecedented. you have the log cabin republicans, the gay conservative group being funded by crazy right-wingers who are