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Attempting some large bill like this again? >> i think it was very unwise to link the repeal aspect which we probably have the votes in the house and senate to do, which two years albeit vetoed by president barack obama, but to replace all that, without any vote, that means you have to get a 90% or so consensus and very difficult to do with any piece of legislation so i believe it needs to be segregated. the democrats know its going to be repealed at some date and lets get the parties to come to...

Insurance because of medicaid expansi expansion? will it remain or be taken away as your new bill theoretically goes forward? >> i think thats the big question. i dont think thats going to be in the replacement aspect. i think it will be in the repeal aspect. it will be a vote. its a fancy term, budget reconciliation. you can by simple majority altar things th -- alter things that have do with insurance. they got it through med katicai. we have to decide what can be kept and what cant be kept. i...

And guarantees the issue of the insurance even if you get sick. >> senator, what will happen to the people in kentucky who now have health insurance because of the medicaid expansion? will the medicaid expansion remain, or will it be taken away as your new bill theoretically goes forward? >> i think thats the big question, and i dont think thats going to be in the replacement aspect. thats going to be in the repeal aspect. theres going to be a vote on -- its a fancy term, budget reconciliation t...

Have, it would give donald trump a win potentially in his first 100 days that he could point to and say, look, im already fulfilling my promises from this campaign and taking the country in a new direction. so, they have a lot of political incentive to get the repeal aspect of this done. but they are worried about the backlash potentially if they dont have the parts of the law in place that americans actually do like. >> rob brown, thats the issue. 20 million people, many of them trump voted. th...

Nuthing and count that as success. >> this is kind of the normalization of assumed ignorance. the bottom on the assumption of ignorance in the electorate is going to cartoonish and abysmal levels, i think. no more is that clear when you hear canter and boehner and they were defending the american workers against big business. i was like ready to break out my flag and cheer on canter and boehner. they were sounding so progressive and so pro-worker. >> amazing to listen to this. americans have not...

And as we look at that, its about getting as much as we possibly can in the repeal aspect. were not repealing all of obamacare. were leaving almost half of obamacare in place with this current bill. weve got to get rid of it all. and then as we look at a replacement plan for that, making sure that theres an adequate safety net, im committed. i think i committed on cnn that those pre-existing conditions were going to have a path there to make sure that we take care of those that have concerns wit...