suffrage to civil rights to equality. let s take don t ask, don t tell. but there s a way, i think to effect it. it means bitter debate. don t bend your principles. but i think like ed kennedy did on education with george bush, you can get prin peld cipled compromise. thank you for being here tonight. we not moving forward. no we are not. congressman, great to have you on. thank you so much. i appreciate your time tom tonight. always a pleasure. coming up, mississippi governor haley barbour is trying to walk back his shocking racist comments. are reverend al sharp tonight won t let him get away with it. heartless republican senators are blocking health care for 9/11 heroes. when it comes to tax cuts that cost doesn t seem to bother them but helping here voce another story. republicans at their worst, coming up. plus, senator arlen specter goes without a bang today. he joins me live in the playbook. you are watching the ed show on msnbc. stay with us.
ho with strong personalities that took a stand that fought for people. and this no labels is, in my opinion, no progress. your response? no, i don t know where no labels is going to go, but i do know this i come from the u.s. military, ed, and you know that and there, it is all ideas are on the table and at the end of the day, you do what s right. look, i came down here as a democrat and you know me, i didn t compromise in either my primary or my general elections no you didn t. on one position. but i was willing in my district, which is 53% republican, 33% democrat, to let them know i understood their concerns n fact, after spending $3.5 million in my first election, we only spent $28,000 in my second election. and my point is this, it is hatfields and mccoys here. now, i do believe that progress needs to be made and of the continue is the progressive movement that does it? sure. think about it. yeah. it did it from freedom to suffrage to civil rights to equality. let s