crest pro-health for life. so jill can keep living the good life. crest. life opens up when you do. the next debate is the vice presidential debate between vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan. it is set for next thursday. vice president biden s debate practice sessions he s got democratic congressman chris van hollen of maryland playing the role of paul ryan for the purpose of practice. in mr. ryan s debate practices the role of vice president joe biden is being played by celebrated conservative attorney and former george w. bush solicitor general ted olson. ted olson is not your average former bush administration official. he is the former bush administration official who s been leading the legal effort to overturn california s ban on gay marriage and maybe every state s ban on gay marriage. he is very, very, very, very conservative. but he is on the pro gay side of this marriage fight.
the next debate is the vice presidential debate between vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan. it is set for next thursday. vice president biden s debate practice sessions he s got democratic congressman chris van hollen of maryland playing the role of paul ryan for the purpose of practice. in mr. ryan s debate practices the role of vice president joe biden is being played by celebrated conservative attorney and former george w. bush solicitor general ted olson. ted olson is not your average former bush administration official. he is the former bush administration official who s been leading the legal effort to overturn california s ban on gay marriage and maybe every state s ban on gay marriage. he is very, very, very, very conservative. but he is on the pro gay side of this marriage fight. today at nyu s law school i got
but he is on the pro-gay side of this marriage fight. today at nyu s law school i got a chance to interview ted olson and his co-counsel the celebrated democratic attorney david boyce. they fought against each other in bush v. gore in the 2000 election but they are fighting together on the side of marriage equality in this federal case. and ted olson is the one of course who sticks out like a sore thumb here. he s a straight, married guy. he does not have a gay family member who has driven him to this decision. he has decided as a small government republican stalwart that marriage equality for gay people is a really important issue for the country and therefore for him. despite the fact his republican party is not with him on this issue pretty much at all he is still very active in republican politics. again, he is the guy who is helping paul ryan prep for next week s vice presidential debate. i talked to ted olson and david boyce about it today. watch. mitt romney and paul ryan are