Guests:James Rosen and Carl Cameron

The Factor began with the riveting testimony of former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell, who was grilled about the Benghazi terror attacks by the House Intelligence Committee. Correspondents James Rosen and Carl Cameron reported on Wednesday's oft-contentious hearing. "The headline," Rosen said, "is that Mike Morell was forced to admit that within a day of the attack he was told by the CIA station chief in Libya that there had been no protests. But back at CIA headquarters, Morell decided to disregard that and go with the judgment of the intelligence community in Washington that there was a protest. He took their word over the guy on the ground. Morell came off as what he is, a classic bureaucratic character." FNC political correspondent Carl Cameron analyzed the partisan differences over Benghazi. "Democrats are fed up with the whole investigation and Republicans are infuriated by what they think has been a complete stonewalling. They think the CIA was guilty of playing politics to help the Obama administration downplay terrorism in an election year, and a lot of them think Morell misled Congress. They are not through with him." The Factor concluded, "There is now evidence that Mr. Morell injected politics into the CIA's initial assessment of the attack."

Guests:Chris Cofinis

"Why don't Americans know much about ObamaCare? Simply put, it's too confusing. The law runs 2,500 pages and very few human beings have ever read it in its entirety. We the people are dependent on politicians to tell us what the law is, but objectivity is scarce and there is still mass confusion. The latest polling on ObamaCare is grim, with more than half of Americans opposed to the law. Something that is supposed to help all Americans should be very popular, correct? On Tuesday Charles Krauthammer really blasted ObamaCare, saying it's a disaster and will remain so. Charles is a doctor and an honest guy, so if he's so adamant against it, I have to take notice. But to be fair, we will not know if the new law helps Americans for another few months at least. That's when insurance companies will begin telling us whether they're taking a financial bath. Also, Charles says many doctors are fleeing the medical arena and I know that's true. That will be the deciding factor: If American physicians don't cooperate, the law is going to fail."

The Factor invited reaction from Democratic strategist Chris Kofinis. "We have to step back and look at what the problem was," he said. "We had tens of millions of Americans without health insurance, a serious problem that needed to be addressed. We can argue about what the best strategy was, but now you have about 7-million people who have signed up through the exchanges and 3-million people who are on their parents' plan. It is a positive when you didn't have health insurance and now you do." The Factor reminded Kofinis that most ObamaCare enrollees are receiving government subsidies: "It's always a positive when somebody hands you health insurance and pays for it, but is it good to bankrupt the nation by handing people another entitlement? This could have been done in a simpler way."

Guests:Kirsten Powers and Kate Obenshain

The latest battle in the gender wars is being waged in Evanston, Illinois, where a middle school has banned girls from wearing yoga pants, saying the tight pants intrude upon "a respectful learning environment." Republican Kate Obenshain and Democrat Kirsten Powers both sided with school authorities. "A lot of feminists have attacked the school," Powers reported, "saying it is 'shaming' the girls and endorsing a 'rape culture.' Basically, if you tell girls to do anything you are somehow discriminating against them, while 13-year-old boys are cast as sexual harassers. This turns into 'victim feminism' when it's just a dress code." Obenshain added that many feminists display selective outrage. "The parents and students should be happy about basic standards of decency. The feminists are ignoring the fact that the boys are subject to a dress code as well - they can't wear pants that expose their underwear. This is hypocritical, it's stupid, and people are looking for something to be upset about." The Factor mocked the "crescendo of indignation every time there is a limitation placed on girls and women."

Guests:Martha MacCallum

As The Factor reported previously, the largest teachers union in Michigan was defending 39-year-old Neal Erickson, who was convicted of raping one of his male students and was demanding $10,000 in severance pay. FNC anchor Martha MacCallum entered the No Spin Zone with an update. "The union has withdrawn its grievance," she reported, "and they just want this to go away. But if the union had a shred of decency, they should have been the first to say this guy should not get severance." MacCallum also viewed a political TV ad that has gone viral, in which Iowa Republican Joni Ernst boasts that she "grew up castrating hogs" and therefore knows how to cut pork. After conducting extensive research, MacCallum cut to the quick and elaborated on the dreaded "C word." "Hogs can get aggressive," she explained, "and not every hog needs to have reproductive capability. It also apparently makes the meat better."

Guests: Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller, despite appearing slightly squeamish after the previous segment, opined on the all-electric Tesla car, whose makers received - and repaid - a government loan. "I don't want the government funding things," he declared. "I want cleaner air, but the Tesla is not for me when you have to burn coal to get the electricity. I prefer that we drill in our country." Miller also opined on the apparent increase in violence at sporting events. "Throughout history, when you have bread and circuses there is always some human attrition attached to it. Man's inhumanity to man is going to become more obvious because in a crowd of 50,000 there are now 50,000 people who have the ability to photograph or tape it. If I had a small kid I wouldn't take him."

Guests: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

Returning to the Benghazi attack, The Factor welcomed Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who aggressively interrogated Mike Morell at Wednesday's hearing. "Mr. Morell said he paid attention to what bureaucrats in Washington said," she stated, "but not the eyewitnesses on the ground. Their conclusion was 180 degrees different from the bureaucrats who were reading accounts written by the Islamist press." Bachmann insisted that the investigation is far from over. "The American people need the broad story of what happened, and we still don't have answers from former Secretary of State Clinton or from the president. The headline today is that Mike Morell took the fall for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama."

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Dan Branist, Copley, OH: "It doesn't much matter what Mike Morell testifies. The Obama administration will continue to say there was conflicting evidence on Benghazi and that is what the compliant media will report."

Raul Otra, Singapore: "Bill, Eric Bolling was trying to tell you that markets should decide what technology gets advanced, not you or the government. Round to Bolling."

Robert Blann, Sydney, Australia: "Don't want to be rude, but Bolling did not make much sense. He must have an ulterior motive."