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that. he says, look, it is a state issue. but the fact is the mandate is what is at the center of all of the health care lawsuits and that s something he s still defending. that s a tough sell for conservativer conservatives. he has to win new hampshire, might lose iowa and south carolina and hope to win places like nevada, michigan and elsewhere like florida. he s basically arguing a mandate is okay for the states, but not for the federal government. domenico, thanks. side bar now. today all about the video. former arkansas governor and potential gop presidential candidate mike huckabee is launching a new education company, learn our history. sells history lessons as cartoons. here is the first episode, called the reagan revolution and it features kids on a time traveling bicycle who go back in history to learn how reagan saved america from debt and from disco. next stop, washington, d.c. the downturn in the economy is killing us. people are out of work. some of the morals are
happened only during war time or a constitutional crisis. our news correspondent steve centanni with the rest of this story. the justices deciding to let things run at their course? that s right, shep. in fact, it s the second time the court has refused to short circuit the process in connection with health care lawsuits. now, this is a victory for the obama administration which argued there was no basis for speeding up the schedule, but virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli disagrees. he says in a statement citizens are in limbo until the supreme court rules. asking the court to expedite our lawsuit was about removing this crippling and costly uncertainty as quickly as possible. cuccinelli says he is disappointed but not surprised the court turned down his request, shep. shepard: steve, there have been a number of challenges to the health care law, obviously. where do things stand right now. dozens of health care lawsuits and courts are divide 25 states joined florida that ma
terms of from private providers. that s how they fund this programíoof theirs. now, the funding mechanism, the center pole of the tent is gone. they have no way to finance this. so, the federal government is going to have to go back to the drawing board on that. hopefully, we ll get a more comprehensive review by the new congress and get some real health care reform that will put consumers in control and not add more and more power to government, a direction we ve been going for 45 years without much positive outcome. greta: sir, thank you. now what, could the decision in virginia spell huge trouble for the feds in the health care lawsuits? florida attorney general mccollum is fighting the feds, he s here, next. you want the inside story? in minutes, you go to haiti with governor sarah palin and reverend franklin gram. this is good or maybe it is
terms of from private providers. that s how they fund this programíoof theirs. now, the funding mechanism, the center pole of the tent is gone. they have no way to finance this. so, the federal government is going to have to go back to the drawing board on that. hopefully, we ll get a more comprehensive review by the new congress and get some real health care reform that will put consumers in control and not add more and more power to government, a direction we ve been going for 45 years without much positive outcome. greta: sir, thank you. now what, could the decision in virginia spell huge trouble for the feds in the health care lawsuits? florida attorney general mccollum is fighting the feds, he s here, next. you want the inside story? in minutes, you go to haiti with governor sarah palin and reverend franklin gram. this is good or maybe it is