important argument going for him now that s giving them a momentum that the insurance companies have given him. and that is the outrageous premium rate increase as going into effect or being proposed around the country 39% in california. and 20% elsewhere. and i think that the president can use that as a lever in the last few days to hammer members of his own party and say to them in effect that kind of george w. bush fashion, are you with the insurance companies or are you are you with us? the insurance bashing the insurance companies is the president has as he campaigns around the country. what about abortion and how much of a sticking point is abortion going to be as she pelosi tries to persuade the house to accept the senate bill which, of course, does not have the stupak amendment. reporter: it really is a prob bell because it is one of those issues when you are talking about what those who believe the
lawyers, including some from the bush/cheney administration. this is part of the latest fallout, hitting liz cheney s organization after it posted a web ad, calling justice department lawyers the al qaeda seven. take a look. so, who did president obama s attorney general, eric holder, hire? nine lawyers who represented or advocated for terrorist detainees. who are these government officials? eric holder will only name two. why the secrecy behind the other seven? whose values do they share? tell eric holder, americans have a right to know the identity of the al qaeda seven. let s bring in msnbc political analyst patrick j. buchanan. pat, do you have a problem with the ad? with the issue of disclosing the identity of those people in the justice department who had previously defended detainees? no, i don t have trouble with the ad for this reason.