i think those are good things and when they focus on the budget side, that's probably a good thing. >> cherry picking? you decide yourself. more now what led up to the gop decision to punt for the time being on replacing obamacare. phil mattingly joins us now. do you have any sense how far away they are from getting the votes they need? >> reporter: very far, to put it plainly. within an hour of senator mcconnell telling his conference that they would be waiting until after july fourth to vote on this bill, three new republican senators came out and opposed the discussion draft. that brings it to nine total. the interesting element here, i've had several gop aides tell me over the course of the last 24 hours, it's even worse than that if it would have gotten to the senate floor. if you want to know the scope of the problems that some senators have, take a listen to what senator susan collins of maine had to say. >> i have so many fundamental problems with the bill that have