know anything about it other than the president just said he s undergoing a battery of tests. but just now the president didn t bring up health. he said this is what happens at the end of war. look, he can t close out afghanistan with one guy left behind, so this was a political maneuver. absolutely. let me tell you where this health argument came from. it is almost inconceivable that the obama administration dispatched to a sunday morning talk show its most practiced and successful liar, susan rice. she is the one who said this guy served honorably and decently. why would she say that? i don t know why she would say it, brian. it is contrary to all evidence and nobody believed her. it lasted for a day and the president rejected that argument. even the state department. here s the thing and i don t know if this is a legal question. you re not exchanging this guy for a bag of cricket balls. you re exchanging him for five of the worst of the would have the, and everybody agrees t
there is no doubt about it. the tanning salons say it s unfair to be singled out because this particular law, actually exempts tanning booths inside health clubs. because of that they say a you re hurting jobs and you re hurting these small businesses but you re also not being fair about it. it s been in effect for one year. we are in the middle of summer, maybe not as busy as you would be in the wintertime but it has had an impact. patti ann: did the politicians who supported this say it was a health mess sewer or revenue measure. reporter: they say both. this replaced what was supposed to be a 5% tax on cosmetic surgery. the botax. that got thrown out by heavy lobbying by the cosmetic surgery groups. it affects a lot of people. yes, you can make the health argument, although the tanning business says those health risks are exaggerated. the bigger cost they say is to