Rachel Maddow explains why the 2016 presidential campaign launched today by Sen. Ted Cruz is really a bid to be named a more moderate candidate's vice president. Todd Gillman, Dallas Morning News DC bureau chief, discusses the timing of the announcement.March 24, 2015
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