he is very important here. he determines whether or not you get your answers right. hello, steve. hello, krista. hi, steve. yay. all right, first question comes from monday s show. on monday s show, we reported that senator tom coburn, blocking the veteran suicide bill this week was not the first time he stood in the way of veterans health care. in june, in fact, he had objected to a new v.a. facility planned for tulsa, oklahoma, because he said that facility was too nice. when tom coburn was making that complaint to the local press in oklahoma, what did he compare this planned facility to? did he compare it to versaille, is a ritz carlton hotel, the taj mahal, or the bathroom at the c-street house? i want to say it was the ritz carlton. b. steve? you know, i really wish it was the c-street house.
c-street house? i want to say it was the ritz carlton. b. steve? you know, i really wish it was the c-street house. but that s a whole other story. let s check monday s show. they re building a taj mahal. the correct answer was c, taj mahal. i m afraid krista did not get this one correct. don t worry, you have two more chances. don t worry. i won t exactly help you cheat, but you never know, i could give you some sort of wink-wink. question two. this is from wednesday s show. on wednesday, president obama announced that the u.s. was normalizing relations with cuba. and that an american named alan gross was being sent back to the united states after five years in a cuban prison. which of these members of congress was not on the plane home with alan gross. was it senator pat leahy of
1994. is this the kind of thing, with a justice department investigation going on, that will certainly drag into the election year? is this the kind of thing that republicans have a larger political fear of? i don t think there s any sense that the leadership in the republican senate knew about it. but, look, first of all, the justice department is going to be looking into possible criminal violations as you were discussing just a few minutes ago. that s number one.ç and that involves former senator ensign. there s senator ensign s parents, who may be under investigation by the department of justice as well. the questions that have been asked and will be asked about senator coburn. there s the whole question about that fellowship ministry on the hill, the so-called c street house, and what discussions were held there. whether they were all matters of the heart or whether they were matters of money and power as well.
in this election, but there is only one conservative candidate in this election and that s jane corwin. in a bizarre incident last night, corwin s chief of staff, michael mallia, confronted davis on why he chose to withdraw from a debate that included the republican and democratic candidates. jack, why did you back out of the debate? do you want to punch it out? why? why did you ah! sir [ laughter ] why did you back out of the debate? why did you back out of the debate? ah! why did you back out of the debate? joining me now is washington post columnist e.j. deon. you wrote about this a few days ago. this is the first and election since the house republicans voted on paul ryan s budget. what has the republicans in more trouble, the three-way race or the paul ryan budget?
be looking into possible criminal violations as you were discussing just a few minutes ago. that s number one. and that involves former senator ensign. there s senator ensign s parents, who may be under investigation by the department of justice as well. the questions that have been asked and will be asked about senator cobourne. there s the whole question about that fellowship ministry on the hill, the so-called c street house, and what discussions were held there. whether they were all matters of the heart or whether they were matters of money and power as well. and that really gets sort of to the heart of the party in the senate. but i really don t ok this case is so garrish. and as you said, it was so obviously laid on the table, i think it s more personal to those people now, still, than it is to the whole republican senate. but there s no question that this story is going to drag on all the way through election day, especially with the department of justice on the case. howar