documents that could turn the battle. she scribbled notes from the nra to the kkk. the wlous says it s a desperate reading of it. there s nothing of the sort. remember these numbers, 58 and 4. back to those in the moment but the breaking political news first to help digest and debate the big developments. here in washington, cornell belcher, in new york ed rollins and in atlanta, the editor of the conservative redstate.com eric erickson. let s start with this controversy about joe barton. yesterday he apologizes twice to the chairman of bp. then he has to take it back because the republican leadership tells him take it back or you will lose your decision. today a second republican congressman both from the gulf coast says he should step down. he said last week, quote, i believe the damage of his comments are beyond repair and as such i am today calling on joe to do the right thing for our conference and immediately step aside as the ranking member of the energy and commerce