never made it to air. young male staffers get tired you give them a pig byback ride, you trip, your clothes fall off. what are you going to do not give him a piggy back ride? i m sitting here showering, naked as a jaybird and here comes rahm emanuel poking his finger in my chest yelling at me. do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man? [ laughter ] yes. yes i do. this is really going on, folks, in massa s own words. and this administration and this house leadership have said, quote/unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. and now they have gotten rid of me and it ll pass. you connect the dots. fine. here are the dots. now let s connect them. no, no, no! no, jimmy, no.
specifically majority leader steny hoyer, of targeting him because of his no vote on the health bill. bear in mind, he said his no vote was because had didn t go far enough, he wanted the public option. massa making the stunning revelation on radio this sunday. mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill. and this administration and this house leadership have said, quote unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. and now they ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. joining us now to talk about these allegations and where the house dems stand on getting the 216 votes needed to pass this bill, majority leader steny hoyer. a pleasure. thank you for joining us. you bet. how do you react to this? all this the health care or let s start with mr. massa and we ll move on to health care shortly. well, i think clearly mr. massa s incorrect.
martha: a big developing issue here, this morning, a democratic congressman who is under investigation by the house ethics committee, says that leaders from his own party want him out. and he says that they want him out, because he plans to vote no on health care. listen to this radio interview: mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill. and, this administration, and this house leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. and now they ve gotten rid of me and it will pass. you connect the dots. you ask the question. why is it from february 8th, until now, no one said a word to me about anything. why is it that somebody who
the upstate new york freshman gave a blunt, scorching interview saying our government politicians and washington are destroying themselves and are lying. last week massa cited a recurrence of cancer for his stepping down and a southern house ethics committee investigation, a complaint from a male staffer. massa says it s all a misunderstanding, that he was at a wedding reception with his wife when he made a joke at a table tussling a staffer s hair and making a comment, and that s been blown up to try and force him out all to save health care. mine is now the deciding vote on the health care bill, and this administration and this house leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. and now they ve gotten rid of me, and it ll pass. you connect the to dots. reporter: massa also described rahm emanuel calling him on the phone, he says emanuel screaming at him and
whether governor paterson and his staff illegally contacted a woman to accused one of his aids of domestic violence and accused patterson of lying about 2009 world series tickets he didn t pay for. then eric massa is blaming his party for an investigation that forced him to announce his pending resignation. that s one of the stories. he originally said he s retiring after one term because of his health, terminal cancer. friday he said he would step down to avoid an ethics evacuation. the ethics committee said it was looking into harassment from a male staffer. yesterday congressman massa said this. mine is now the deciding vote on the healthcare bill. and this administration and this house leadership have said, quote/unquote, they will stop at