Hello listeners this is Politico's nerd cast I'm your host Scott Bland.

Coming up this week, Joe Biden has been touting a new plan on the trail that

pundits have absolutely trashed, but voters might actually love it. We'll talk

about the what and the why in just a few moments.

Plus, I'm going to sit down with some of Politico's health care reporters to talk about

the major anti-abortion bills that are passing through state legislatures all

around the country right now.

And we're gonna talk about where those are heading

through the court system as well.

Just a heads up, we're taping this a little bit

before noon eastern on Thursday, May 16th,

so it's all up to date as of then.

All right, let's get started.

I want to welcome our guest.

First, Mark Caputo, National Political Reporter for Politico,

based down in sunny Florida.

Hi Mark, thanks for joining us.

Thanks for having me. And as usual here in sunny Florida. Hi Mark, thanks for joining us.

Thanks for having me.

And as usual here in the studio,

senior politics editor Charlie Matessian Esquire.

Hello, Charlie.

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