because no other state had a medicate program as lavish as yours, and no other state got as much money under the bush administration for this experiment. so there s a lot of big government behind romney care. not as much as obama care but a heck of a lot more than your campaign has admitted. he also likes to hammer the centerpiece of the massachusetts law which is the individual mandate that requires all residents above a certain income level to buy health insurance or pay a fine. now, the idea is controversial, but not so long ago many conservatives including gingrich supported the idea. here s what he wrote in april of 2006 in a newsletter. this was just after massachusetts enacted its health care law. quote, the most exciting development of the past few weeks is what has been happening up in massachusetts. the health bill that governor romney signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the american health system. he went on to say, we ag
high cost system which candidly could not have been done by any other state because no other state had a medicaid program as lavish as yours and no other state got as much money out of the federal government. so there s big government behind romney care, not as much as obama care but a heck of a lot more than your campaign has admitted. he also like to hammer the centerpiece of the massachusetts law, which was the individual mandate that requires all residents above a certain income level to buy health insurance or pay a fine. the idea is controversial, but not so long ago many conservatives including gingrich supported the idea. here s what he wrote in april of 2006 in a newsletter called newt notes. this was just after massachusetts enacted its health care law. the most exciting development of the past few weeks gingrich wrote is what is happening in massachusetts. the health bill signed into law this month has tremendous potential to effect major change in the ameri
cred for the winner. three major contenders running bus towards, all with the exception of jon huntsman are there. ron paul, mitt romney, michele bachmann and rick santorum have events this hour. we ll dip into the events and delve into the latest campaign intrigues in our fair game segment just about a half an hour or so from now. remember all that fuss about raising the nation s debt ceiling? well, guess what? it is time to ask for the final installment in a series of debt hikes authorized back in august. when we came within just days of a government default. this one is worth about $1.2 trillion, pushing the legal debt limit to $16.4 trillion, and this time the fuss should be less, but not non-existent. the increase can only be blocked if both houses of congress pass a resolution against it, and president obama, for reasons unknown, signs it. none of that, of course, will happen. rick perry s not giving up on virginia. one of several gop candidates who failed to qualif
it s a wasted life. i look back, i know i was young and wild. and if i had it to do over with, i would there s a lot of things i would have changed. can t do it. i think i m ready for society now after all these years. i got in 37 1/2 years. i still got four brothers and my son and a grandson. my son s got his own business over there in st. louis. he wants me to come and live with him. he said he ll get me a decent job. i can stay with him. i got a pretty clean record now, you know. you get older, you slow down, you know. you don t think about nothing but just getting out there and get to know your son and your grandson again. and cooling out, you know. william earl basset will soon face the parole board for yet another chance at freedom.
i guess i d better. i appreciate that. mike: thank you. i want to though, you tell the audience, why did you get involved in habitat. what was it about this ministry and i use that term purposefully, about this ministry that s attractive to you and fulfilling to you. i think in another life, i might have been a contractor. had another life. i m not sure. mike: another husband. i do know you re the only one, 37 1/2 years, i m very proud of that. [applaus [applaus [applause]. but i started nearly 15 years ago at jimmy carter work project in however, texas and i would have taken that experience i would never have gone back, it was a horrible experience with the weather and the heat, but i loved it, annal woo do it again tomorrow, and it s something that one lady put in perspective for me when we gave her the keys to the house she said you have raised my