LISTEN: New Facts About Available Troops
The Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman reports to Rachel a game-changing fact about the number of troops available both for deployment in Afghanistan and remaining at home for an unexpected emergency..
WATCH: Harkin: 60 Dems To Vote for Health Bill
The challenge of getting the Democratic Caucus to join together with all 60 in support of the bill will be tough, but there are signs that momentum is moving in this direction. On TRMS was Senator Tom Harkin, who joined Rachel to give his take on the future of the bill, why Budget Reconciliation wouldn't be a wise way to pass it, and the 60 Dems needed to avoid a Republican filibuster and get it done.
LISTEN: Grahm Gets Scozzafava'd
Today's installment of political infighting comes to us courtesy of the GOP in the form of the AEA vs. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. The AEA is strictly opposed to the Cap and Trade legislation Sen. Grahm has been working with Democrats on -- which begs the question: Is "Graham'd" the next "Scozzafava'd?"
WATCH: Cigna's Death Panels, GOP-Supported Abortion
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio joins Rachel to talk about that strategy and makes news on how the Democrats' plan to get health reform passed in the Senate.
WATCH: 9/11 Prosecutions Raise Legal Questions
Could evidence of torture be enough to throw out the 9/11 case and will these prosecutions end up becoming a referendum on Bush-era torture? Michael Isikoff reports on what Attorney General Eric Holder said when questioned about the Justice Department's position on whether to allow torture related materials both into court and in the hands of the defense.
LISTEN: Stupak Is As Stupak Does
Listen as Rachel debunks the intentionally misleading rationales given for keeping the Stupak Amendment in the final health reform bill.
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