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98.2% of our overall population. as i say, our health care, our health outcomes are better. more businesses offering insurance. and it has not been a budget buster. the expansion, itself, added 1% to state spending. thats another myth about the affordable care act. in fact, the expansion is paid for by the federal government. and its paid for by the federal government because its a recognition that health is a public good. and everybody ought to have access to that care. >> deval pat rick, thank...

Coverage tonight. thank you, pete, great work. chuck, chris cillizza, and david gregory. of course, watching on "meet the press" as you have more time to absorb all of this. bring us the latest. our special coverage today of the health care ruling continues next with msnbcs rachel maddow. plus, still ahead, dr. zeke emanuel, massachusetts governor deval patrick,ç virginia goverr bob mcdonnell. plus, jay rockefeller, mark halperin and john heilman. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc...

>> great to see you today. >> thanks, andrea. white house victory lap wont last long if republican mouse leaders have their way. the republican controlled house announced eric cantor is holding a vote to repeal health care reform right after the july 4th recess on july 11th. joining me now, democratic governor deval patrick of massachusetts. speaking for the white house today. how do you respond to the votes that are sure to come now as republicans on the hill gang up against the president and...

something because thats beyond the power and the constitution that says congress has the power to, quote, regulate commerce. now, those who had objected to this said if somebody doesnt have insurance, then theyre not doing anything you can regulate. and basically justice roberts agrees with that. however, he says, theres a longstanding cannon or tradition of interpreting laws, acts of congress, that says you look at there are other ways to find it constitutional. and he says there is. ...

number one, they think they have a small window here to essentially re-sell health care. that there is a moment now over the next few days, perhaps the next week where youll have a public -- you saw it in our own polling. the numbers we debuted on your show earlier this week shows theres a third of the public, up to a majority of them in various parts of the health care law, that said they would have had mixed feelings no matter which way it went. so there is a pr opening here for the ...

right, is going to be a same-sex couple both carrying machine guns. what a picture were going to be. thank you, steve mcmahon, and thank you, todd harris. join us tomorrow night at 5:00 and 7:00 eastern for more "hardball." i hope i didnt offend anybody with that. its time for "the ed show" with ed schultz. good evening, americans, welcome to "the ed show." tonight, urgent message for progressives. dont get comfortable. okay. we have a public option kind of in the senate. conservativ...