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Even though MSNBC carried the Democratic Presidential contenders' organized labor debate last night from Chicago, NBC found nothing newsworthy enough in their exchanges for follow-up coverage. CBS did. Michelle Miller heard "a moment of truth" breaking through in the person of Steve Skvara, a 60-year-old retired steelworker, who was deprived of promised health insurance after LTV, his former employer, went bankrupt. Skvara found encouragement in the pledge of his favored candidate, John Edwards: "We ought to have universal healthcare in this country." Mused Miller, who seemed to endorse Edwards' platform: "Now the question is whether a moment in a debate will be the moment that motivates reform."
ABC covered a spat on the Republican side as Rudolph Giuliani's record as Mayor of New York City came under scrutiny. Jake Tapper (subscription required) quoted this statement by Giuliani in 1994: "If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you are one of the people who we want in this city. You are somebody that we want to protect." Tapper explained that Mitt Romney was publicizing Giuliani's record in order "to seem tough on the immigration issue and win support from hardcore conservatives" ahead of the Iowa GOP straw poll. Tapper called Romney's decision to attack "unusual" considering the "undocumented Guatemalans who once did landscaping at his estate."
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