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Political phenomenon of the day was that there were some so-called moderate republicans who were opposed to a more moderate, more generous version of this bill. who then voted for this crueller version, to use the shorthand. im going try out my theory on you about why they did that and what the closing argument would be on that. and it would be all about tax cuts. meaning we wont be able to move on to our so-called tax reform bill, which is really just a giant tax cut bill. we cant do that until...

Harm. and we think this bill does tremendous harm. we hope that once it gets to the senate, that the senate will really look at the aca and say lets improve on the affordable care act and not act on the aahca. >> one of the most interesting political phenomenon of the day was that there were some so-called moderate republicans who were opposed to a more moderate, more generous version of this bill. who then voted for this crueller version, to use the shorthand. im going try out my theory on you ...

Nomination undermined the credibility of the office of surgeon general. bill: 51 votes is you can the new rules, too. whats the issue on obamacare? i would imagine the president would want to nominate someone who supported the healthcare law. whats your problem with that? >> the healthcare law continues to fail people all around the country. people who werent able to keep their insurance and their doctors are nowing in the as they are signing up again that there are concerns there because they m...

Problems of america. heart disease, cancer, stroke. but hes a political nominee rather than someone who should be non-political. someone who should be the nations doctor. >> we relied on you to examine the obamacare stuff. before it appeared under this president that the job of surgeon general has dissolved into nothing. is that your perception? >> this position has been vacant for almost a year and a half. this nominee was nominated almost a year ago yet they never brought him up for a vote eve...

Country. chris, thank you so much. have a great day, have a great weekend. and sign up for chris daily political newsletter, fox news first. go to foxnews.com/foxnewsfirst and just put your e-mail address in there, and you will et request it -- get it. so what do you think about all of this at home, folks? what do you think about the six people? send me a tweet @marthamaccallum and chime in, let us know what youre thinking about today because weve gotten a ton of fascinating feedback from people...

Like all sides would like to get some deal done. there was a lot of talk about should they separate the cr from the debt limit issue and continue -- and now it looks like, you know, this is one big ball of wax at this point, right? >> reporter: yeah. theyre all circling around what could be a compromise, but the house republicans want a win on this obamacare issue. they really want to put a skin on the wall for that. and so far the senate proposal, what we know of it, really doesnt give the hous...