just completely refused to answer question after question. there s an independent candidate named everett stern who dropped out today, and through his support to john fetterman. he says that he was polling at around 3% in the race. will that make a difference? just to be clear, i don t believe he had qualified for the ballot. i m a little skeptical that he was at 3%. i believe he went on to say that he endorses john fetterman. this is an important election. i still remember, by the way, pennsylvania in 2016, 44,000 votes for the difference in donald trump beating hillary clinton. there were more than 44,000 votes that went to third party and independent candidates. so, in a very close race, we have painful experience in them making the ultimate difference. congressman brendan boyle, thank you very much for joining our coverage tonight, we really appreciate it. thank you.
was your reading of that debate tonight? i think john did pretty well. i hope that people really focused on the substance of the debate and not just the recovery issues that john is bravely continuing to have in front of the public. he has been pretty honest about that. he still has some speech challenges. but he has reassured us, as well as his doctors, that he will make a full recovery. unfortunately, dr. oz s condition of being a fraud is terminal. what you saw tonight was one candidate in john answering the questions honestly, where s doctor oz, whether it was abortion or guns or education, just completely refused to answer question after question. there s an independent candidate named everett stern who dropped out today, and through his support to john fetterman. he says that he was polling at around 3% in the race. will that make a difference? just to be clear, i don t believe he had qualified for the ballot. i m a little skeptical that he