Kerry Eleveld, Washington correspondent for The Advocate magazine, discussed the DADT repeal failure in the Senate on the Rachel Maddow show Wednesday night.

Before speaking with Eleveld, host Rachel Maddow expressed her frustration over the Log Cabin Republicans decision to give gay rights awards to two people who voted no on repealing DADT - Congressman Pete Sessions and Sen. John Cornyn - neither of whom showed up in person to collect those awards.

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