As praise pours in for the Pope's moral leadership, the contrast with an American president who fabricated the case for war grows sharper and sharper. What price do people pay when political leadership is built on a culture of lies, deceit and inside deal-making?

RAHUL MAHAJAN author of EMPIRE NOTES, tells us the latest from Iraq and Afghanistan, where U.S. efforts aren't helping to build a civil society or heal sectarian anything. Then ace reporter LAURIE GARRETT picks up on why the private sector isn't the answer to everything. The Pulitzer Prize winnner tells us why she left NY Newsday and the latest on big profits in big medicine. We'll also hear from APRIL JOHNSON, a truckdriver's bereaved daughter on why she is suing the war-profiteer, HALLIBURTON.