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Two have said no and some are not ready to say no publicly. well have to see how it unfolds. its not good for mcconnell. >> how does he salvage this? >> i think having this full repeal vote those of you who wanted this vote, you get it now. you get the opportunity as you guys have said to walk the plank. the challenge is, by the way, this repeal bill that theyre talking about. this 2015 repeal bill does not even repeal as much of the affordable care act as the bill that was just pulled from deba...

Maybe making a fix that democrats could agree to. no way democratic senators are going to join these republicans to appeal president obamas signature law. >> thats why you hear the president turning to talk of lets let obamacare fail because that really is essentially the only way to get democrats to the table is to let obamacare sort of unravel in the hopes that democrats will sort of throw up their hands and say, lets talk. >> well, so, when you look at what happened in the last couple of minu...

>> its clear the white house has a strategy. unclear if they have the information and the real-time vote counts to execute that strategy that was cast in high relief last night when they had the senators dining here, working through some sort of plan and completely bind sided. the other two senators from the right side of the spectrum were going and were going to torpedo this entire plan. what weve learned in the last 10, 15 minutes is that mitch mcconnell is daring his members. hes basically ca...

>> yeah. you hear exactly why hes been an innocent negotiators in the senate because he trashed the house health care bill after celebrating in the rose garden. puts him in an awkward position to force a bill through if he turns around and calls it mean. >> i want to play jim jordan who is out on tv this morning talking about where this goes next at least from the house perspective. how that meeting goes between mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. heres what congressman jordan had to say. >> if it wa...

Kasie, the developments here coming constantly. not surprising from susan collins, but it is important. right? >> thats right, hallie. we were anticipating this is what she is going to say. significant. she is now on the record saying she is going to continue to oppose what republicans have been trying to do in repealing and replacing and now just repealing obamacare. she came out and said, look, im going to be a no on that vote to open debate on the house bill. this is mcconnells plan to get to...

Push forward now. i regret that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failures of obamacare will not be successful. that doesnt mean we should give up. we will now try a different way to bring the american people relief from obamacare. i think we owe them at least that much. in the coming days, the senate will take up and vote on a repeal of obamacare combined with a stable two-year transition period as we work towards patient-centered health care. a majority of the senate voted to ap...

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