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Not senator durbin. >> do you think if senator mcconnell took reconciliation off the table and allowed it to be, you know, force the 60 vote, do you think you would have more democrats that would be willing to work with you? >> that political article that was written a couple weeks ago in which it basically quotes chuck schumer saying that he was going to keep everybody in line, debbie stab now saying every time i wanted to do the right thing, i was told dont do scenario, someone else saying i c...

Attempt to amy to the base and the moderates in the party but not going anywhere. >> what do you say, ruth. >> its not over until its over. i never underestimate mitch mcconnell. and you know youre playing with very small margins. but that also means you can -- you need to get very small numbers. so you only need to be able to count to 50. it is not looking good. i find it incredible and not normal at all that were talking about an amendment from senator cassidy that i dont understand thap i don...

Had -- was from russia, right? >> sure. >> neil: and one from russia was going to talk to them about dirt or information on hillary clinton, that, whatever the legalities, youre the lawyer, im not, that doesnt pass is this right to do test. >> sure. thats a different question. its certainly not a crime to have a meeting with a russian official or -- >> neil: would you do it? >> or meet with a russian. you know, if i were in the middle of a political campaign, the optics would tell me, dont do it...

Happens. if theyre having if unexpected, as senator toomey told us, opportunity to actually govern and they fail to govern, the base who has been promised for seven years now that its going to be ripped out root and branch is going to have a beef. and they cant not -- they cant say, well, obamacare is failing, which is not actually accurate, but theyre doing their best to make it fail. >> we have a rural problem they have to solve. >> i think whats been striking based on my conversations with pe...

A plan "b." you have people at the white house saying if this doesnt pass, we do want to just do repeal and replace several years down the line. thats what the president tweeted several days ago. folks on capitol hill say thats not realistic, that ship has sailed. we are going to have to stabilize the markets, what mitch mcconnell said. if this fails, theres a lot of gray area moving forward. >> when we talk about if the republican base really is going to care, im not so sure. this has become a ...

Well have a product they can buy, a product thats going to be cheaper, a product they get to tailor for their needs. >> then lets talk tax reform. if this doesnt go well, are you getting to tax reform? >> were absolutely getting to tax reform. >> will you if this doesnt pass? >> were going to get to tax reform if this passes or doesnt. we are on a tax reform e agenda when we come back in september, when the august recess is over, we will be 100% engaged in tax reform. >> when i look at your pros...

This thing real? you have to get it through if you want to get to tax reform in september. >> we are doing what we can the president is committed, spending as much time as he can on the phone, working with senators and working in legislation. the vice president is equally committed. we are committed to getting health care and providing health care for american citizens that works, forgiving american citizens the product they want, not the product that washington thinks they should have. >> then ...

I dont think that donald trump is likely to get too deeply into the weeds. ronald reagan was a governor of california. ronald reagan had been around the government for a long time. donald trump is a whole new kind of animal to come into the political system. >> neil: that need is still there. >> absolutely. >> neil: i think of john kennedy when he was shepparding tax cuts through and facing resistance in his own party and he had to depend on republicans. there was a history to suggest and youre ...

Fundamental concerns about the bill. does the bill need a drastic overhaul, not just tinkering as senator collins suggested? the alternative is, as mcconnell sbe mate intimated, if this doesnt pass, working with democrats -- >> look, there are a couple of things you could have done, one idea is to actually instead of trying to do this through reconciliation, try to pass a bill that can get broad consensus, can get democrats onboard and actually fix obamacare. there were parts of it that are mayb...

Lean no, perhaps undecided. there are still obviously plenty more people in the senate, republicans specifically that the president would need to reach out to. the question is, is that going to be enough? is that going to be enough to get this thing moved on, you see the senators who have come out as firm nos essentially, the president not speaking with senator heller or senator lee that may be coming. there is the other part of this too, whichever gets through the senate will have to be reconci...