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What do republicans do next? a lot of people, even though 49% of the country wanted out, 39% wanted to stay, you still -- they were still going to look to republicans to replace it. >> sure. first of all, we put individuals back in charge on health care. and i think you restore state leadership in this area. not federal government. what you wont see from republicans is the 2700 page bill. 12,000 new pages of rules and regulations. you really see basically a step-by-step approach, taking a look a...

Obamas" which im three quarters of the way almost done with. you talk about the struggle internally in the white house around pushing forward on health care. and that, you know, the former chief of staff, rahm emanuel, said dont do it. it was really a personal issue for the president. tell us a little bit about the vindication that he must be feeling at this moment and sort of what it means in terms of his broader legacy. >> well, you know how people in washington say all the time, what does pre...

Collect that little tiny tax in the health care mandate. this is the liberal version of an individual mandate. one in which there is no real penalty for not complying with the mandate, and there is very, very good reason why liberals watered the mandate down, to the point of being a mythical mandate. liberals never liked the individual mandate, as has been pointed out repeatedly. it originated as a republican idea. the first republican to put it in legislative language was senator john chafee of...