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>> yes. and in the middle of it, john mccain came to the democratic side. four or five of us huddled around him. he had a question about the bird rule. that is, we were contesting potentially the last section of the eight-page bill saying it didnt seem to fit the rules. we said we wld set that aside. he asked questionsbout whether we would be willing to proceed to the defense he authorization act and facilitate that so that we didnt have a long, drawnout markup of it. we said we were happy to do...

Know a lot of republicans in congress, doesnt know a lot of the republican establishment, is he going to make things better, is he going to somehow advance the republican legislative agenda that trump wants to advance? i dont know. its not clear this is going to fix that problem. >> the question off twheepts advance is odd. you have a situation to mckays point, sean spicer and reince priebus were sort of the actual institutional republican party, an organization to which he has a complicated, st...

That i report on who are working in the trenches, whether its democratic hill staffers or republican hill staffers with to be chaos for those fighting the bill was hard. they felt like there was a lot of distraction. both the presidents allies and the presidents opponents find the chaos maddening in different ways. do you feel that the chaos ends up making -- seriously. do you feel that the chaos has made it harder to mobilize the presidents agenda? >> thats a great question. its worth noting as...

With health care rather than starting with tax reform. which has traditionally been republican terrain. tax reform is something that trump understands better. theres broader unity and consensus than there was on health care. the question is, moving forward particularly with a new chief of staff in place, can this white house operate with focus and discipline, with strategy, communications, everyone on the same team on the same page working together. and i think the necessity is there. >> matt, i...

I think youre seeing people celebrate this week rightly because of the incredible victory. that we have seen. and no one is resting on their laurels. everyones getting ready to fight again as much as we need to to keep this terrible destructive cruel idea from ever seeing the light of day. >> what anna just said connects to something you said about moving on about tax reform. there is not going to be the same level of moral vehemence in resistance to a tax bill. there will be strong opposition a...

You understood that mccain might be a no? did you know that walking in to the chamber? >> we knew it was in question. we knew the arizona governor had talked to him. we knew he had given a speech that this process was not the right process. on the other hand, he voted to get onto the bill and he indicated some willingness to send to it a conference committee. so it was really hanging in the balance. and then on the floor, the vice president comes out on the floor. instead of taking the seat, he ...