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To pass the healthcare reform act other than costs, costs to our economy in terms of it being a competitiveness issue, and cost to federal, state and local budgets, then we would have had to do this. so the politics be damned. this is about what we came to do. >> reporter: i just read that sound bite to senator rand paul and he said that is absurd. between, a growing sense among republicans that this has energized the base. one conservative blogger at red state.com says this decision hands the e...

Start talking about the real issues. going back to romney and health care, im amazed i think he has nothing to be ashamed about. i can see why hes staying quiet to appeal to that base of the party. but frankly, you know, health cares an issue we have to tackle. its a competitiveness issue. when im talking to business they will put this out there, they cant come out and say yes we want to get rid of the private system and theyll put it out there as a huge issue to be dealt with. either countries ...

here its agony of waiting. a father who is trying to find out whether his two sons are still alive in the rubble. before we talked to him he found out that they had found one of his sons dead and trying to bring him out now. you get a real sense from all the people standing here waiting to find out news about loved ones in these numerous buildings that have collapsed as they see pieces of their lives, furniture, bits and pieces and all they want to know is that their loved ones are saf...

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Things ive said that help children, help young adults, help seniors, help men or women who may have prostate cancer, breast cancer, whatever it is, any preconditions. and everybody will have lower >> so you dont think its realistic -- i mean, look, you fought in the trenches to get this thing passed. it wasnt easy. is repeal realistic for mitt romney and republican leaders saying were going to lead the charge on this? >> i think that part of it is over. do we always want to fight for more and be...

Costs were unsustainable. its a competitiveness issue for business and for our economy. so we had to take -- come to a place where we lower the costs for all concerned and that we, again, take it down the path where we won to lower costs. >> dont you acknowledge, even its passed must we are the supreme court, theres still a lot of work to be done by this president to persuade the american people this is a good thing for them, to, in essence, win the argument, which he hasnt done? >> well, i thin...

Its a competitiveness issue for business and for our economy. so we had to take -- come to a place where we lower the costs for all concerned and that we, again, take it down the path where we won to lower costs. >> dont you acknowledge, even its passed must we are the supreme court, theres still a lot of work to be done by this president to persuade the american people this is a good thing for them, to, in essence, win the argument, which he hasnt done? >> well, i think that he did very well th...