sley promised to say so publicly. it was with the mccain family, not the american people. the problem is at the head. he s the problem over there, not me, peter. exactly. did president bush apologize to adam climber let s deal with where we are in the present. there was no big to do about that. what s interesting as a reporter, what we re talking about right now is president trump and his track record not to apologize. i think it s not just because he doesn t think he s wrong and because he thinks it works for him. his instincts are to double down. it got him into the white house. why would he listen to consultants who say it s better if you apologize if he s gotten there far without apologizing. as far as mccain goes, why would au apologize if you mocked an american. do you think the president of msnbc should apologize for something chris matthews said? we both served in the white
they don t like each other. thad cochran is not coming back to washington this week. that could mean one less vote. the margin of error is even smaller. that s a challenge. if mccain goes, they would be down to 50. you have to bring in pence to break the tie. there is no margin of error for the republicans. if they don t get this budget done, that imperils tax reform. that they can t do a tax reform or cut, that will be a disaster next year for the fund-raising at a minimum potentially in the mid-terms. they need each other and they are both trying to neuter each other in different ways with different styles. that s what makes all of this so difficult. it s like i want to you hold hands with me, but i might shove you when you turn the other direction. i think we are going to be hearing a lot more from the president in the next several hours. we have several opportunities to
have known. marco rubio has come out with a statement. before the hearing is over. he said he is going to vote against him. you can see where some of the newer senators it s a great tweet by sam stein of huffington post that says in 2017 president marco rubio will wonder why the senate isn t letting him have the people he picks for his cabinet. the ironies abound that people are taking sides even before the hearings take place, but there are other people within that hearing i mean, mccain has a particular role as a leader on defense policy, as a leader of this country ke, and as mccain goes, so will go other republicans. he will give political cover to some who may want to go up against president obama. oh, i think that s right. i think that s one quadrant, but, of course, you had john waern, who is also a republican, former chairman of that committee, who strongly defended hagel and his views, and sam nunn on the democratic side. there are a lot of former chairman ar