huge regulations. i m thinking why isn t that a pretty good model for everything? i don t have to pass some conservatives who don t like the tax credits in this bill, they don t want these extra entitlements, ultimately parts of obamacare have proved popular and there isn t a conservative answer to it because the bottom line is there nhere on this planet where purely market-based health insurance system has worked. it s a market failure for all intents and purposes. what if you re a conservative? can you face the fact that there s a market failure? it just doesn t work with you just give it to the insurance companies to handle? politically isn t that a reason for trump to put together different cove lagss for different parts of it, get expectations down. just for a political point of view, the day it passes, it s
conservative senator rob portman says he s dropping his hardline opposition to same-sex marriage because one of his own sons gay. a deeply personal decision by a very public standard bearer of the republican party. portman, you may remember, was front-runner to be mitt romney s running mate and campaigned tirelessly for him, even after being passed over. he shares his story exclusively with dana bash. i m announcing today a change of heart on an issue that a lot of people feel strongly about. it has to do with gay couples opportunity to marry. i ve come to the conclusion for me, personally, i think this is something that we should allow people to do, to get married, to have the joy and the stability of marriage that i have had for over 26 years. i want all three of my kids to have it, including our son who is gay. that unexpected revelation came from portman s 21-year-old son, will, two years ago. my son came to jane, my wife
we don t exclude anyone from participati participating. we invite anyone regardless of their sexual preference to participate. there are a lot of gay activists here. they did have a prominent role on stage. didn t have a prominent speaking role and a lot of people who had prominent speaking roles were actually anti gay marriage. not supportive of the gay community. wait a minute. people are people. we don t you know, we don t select people on that basis. we select people based to their contributions to the country. there isn t a conservative gay senator, member of congress, that i couldn t invited. a gay governor that adheres to conservative values we could invite. if there were, we would probably consider that. you can t say that the sexual preference ought to be the guiding light as to who gets up on the podium and speaks to the audience. the factors that guide who speaks to the audience are those who speak to the conservative