this is somebody who's image who's selling point, who's appeal is that she's genuine. and then they looked at that and they said, boy, that sounds kind of like there is a calculation there. >> everybody we talked to kind of said the same exact thing and gave us the same information that it didn't play any role the her employment. >> i never got any benefit for my native american heritage. the people who hired me have been absolutely clear on this point. that they didn't know and didn't care. >> her responses don't satisfy everyone. but warren wins the party's endorsement at the june convention. but her republican opponent scott brown raises the native american issue to attack her character in the first debate. >> claimed she was a native american. a person of color. and as you can see she's not. >> that may have back fired because a lot of people then did see it as at least somewhat