court was wrong to do away with the change over concerns, it was discriminatory. jon: meantime the issue of free speech and politics at the center of another heated case at u.s. supreme court. today at issue, a law in ohio that has the power to refer groups that could be running false advertising for possible criminal charges. shannon bream, live in washington with that. shannon? reporter: jon, the plaintiffs who brought the case say it is all about the first amendment and free speech. they sought to run political ads aimed then at congressman steve driehaus in the middle of his election campaign. they have wanted to run ads, that he voted for obama care knowing that it could contained public funding that could lead abortions. he filed a complaint to him, that political speech can refer offenders to prosecutors. pro-life susan b. anthony list sued, that the setup is intimidation and silencing free speech. the group said, quote this lawsuit originated when we
i think that s right. bill: a dino as opposed to a rino, and, he pulled it out, in the election, and, if you look at the house votes, actually and the central part of the country, when you look at house members who broke in favor of the health care legislation, the third week in march, late comers that put it over the top, were in tough battles, indiana, barrett hill loses. ohio, john becierri lose, and steve driehaus loses and mary jo kilroy loses, they are democrats who voted in favor of health care. and there is your argument for what voters and the other thing, you put your finger on it when you said the middle of the country. when you look at, say, california, which again, about the question about whether what role the economy versus policy plays, california has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. and, yet, obama has favorable ratings, it is very democratic
vote and you are pro-life and so, too, is your opponent. and you had that seat for 14 years, and he knocked you off two years ago. but, i don t think pro-lifer, i don t think the abortion issue has really been prominent in your campaign. no. bill: are republicans running away from some of these social issues? where was in the past they put them on the mantle and said this is what i stand for, because now you are focused on taxes and less government and social issues have gone to the background? no, i don t think so. bill, i m focused on both fiscal and social issues and i am pro-life. mr. driehaus said he was pro-life and, i had 100% lifetime record with them and he has a 33% lifetime record with right to life and clearly, we are not the same, on fiscal issues, we couldn t be further and this year the tea party, and folks that are conservative on fiscal issues, clearly some of the momentum this year, i focused on both social and fiscal issues, and i m conservative on both.
going out and trying to fix the system and repair it, albeit not perfect, i think is absolutely the right thing to do. and, we have to defend that. you have to go out and say, look we held wall street accountable, we created thr-and-a-half million jobs, and. bill: that is steve driehaus, urging his colleagues not to run away from the record but run on it. health care and stimulus an cap-and-trade and he was on our program, in america s newsroom and, he is a very interesting democrat, because he is in a district in one of the best case studies, and the house, you need 218 for majority, democrats, 256 and republicans, 179 and for the g.o.p. to win the house on tuesday night, they need to pick up 39 seats to get a simple majority and back to that district. this is in southwestern ohio. southwestern corner of the buckeye state, congressional district number one, it is such a classic case of swing state
districts, because it is urban and suburban and rural and has everything. steve chabot is the republican and driehaus is the democrat and, in the interest of fair and balanced, steve chabot is here, he says i stand on my votes and, democrats should run on their votes, i m not running away from mine and what do you say, cap-and-trade and health care and stimulus. i m glad he is running on his record, because it is terrible. he voted with nancy pelosi 94.8% of the time. voted for the stimulus package which has not stimulated anything, except the growth of government, no jobs in the private sector for cap-and-trade which would drive up energy costs and drive your car, to heat your home, and, then go for the health care debacle and crammed it down the throats of the american people and the american people are even more opposed to it now, than they were then and that is why