what s being called a skinny repeal. mr. sullivan. three nights later when the senate was taking the pivotal obamacare repeal vote, all eyes were on john mccain. i think he was conflicted because he really does want to repeal and replace obamacare. there was a lot of pressure on him to do this and do that. i said do what you want to do. as someone who had just learned of his own health challenges, to have a health care repeal bill with very little replacement i think was really close to his heart at that moment. hillary clinton spoke to her former colleague and friend about how personal this decision was. he was getting the world s best care. there was nothing that would be beyond his reach if he needed it for his own treatment and i think he did really consider all of the people that he represents in arizona and people across the country and worried that because it was rushed through and there
significant amount of moment momentum in the senate. some are on board for a repeal vote. and there s guarantees that need to be made to secure that. but there just is a ton of political momentum. you talk to the members on the republican side in congress, they tend to think the politics are driving it. even though policy details have to be hashed out, it is seen as a political necessity for the republicans to pass something that shows they could govern. what about daca, are the democrats going to insist on that in the final moments of 2017? that s a priority for them. i think president trump now with a need to get a win. last that sense of urgency in terms of tax reform will be his
individual mandate repeal vote. although there may be some guarantees in terms of shoring up the obamacare subsidies that need to be made in order to cure that. but, there just is a ton of political momentum. you talk to members on the republican side in congress, they tend to think that the politics of this are driving it and even though a lot of policy details still have to be hard out, it is seen as a political necessity for republicans to pass something that shows that they can govern. rob: all right. a fox news alert here. a startling new report reveals north korea s top nuclear targets and they are right here in the united states no surprise. european council on foreign relations says manhattan and the white house are at the top of north korea s list for an attack. u.s. military bases and the pentagon also listed in that report. north korea may believe striking first would be advantageous to itself. tensions pretty high right now after the u.s. listed
significant amount of moment momentum in the senate. some are on board for a repeal vote. and there s guarantees that need to be made to secure that. but there just is a ton of political momentum. you talk to the members on the republican side in congress, they tend to think the politics are driving it. even though policy details have to be hashed out, it is seen as a political necessity for the republicans to pass something that shows they could govern. what about daca, are the democrats going to insist on that in the final moments of 2017? that s a priority for them. i think president trump now with a need to get a win. last that sense of urgency in terms of tax reform will be his
going to cut taxes further for the wealthy. i mean, that sort of originally came from president trump who said, hey, this really should be a middle class tax cut. am i wrong about that? he s bouncing around on several different issues all at once. look, they are probably going to do what chief of staff john kelly said and just kind of ignore the tweets and don t follow the tweets. if i had to make a prediction right now, they re going to keep going as their plan is. you know, do they have the votes by the end of the week or do they punt and delay until after thanksgiving? that s still the big question right now. there is a lot of confidence. there is a lot more confidence now in the house than there was back in march when they were trying to do the repeal vote. president trump seems to have impeccable timing when it comes to the united states congress. i want to show you the other one of the issues and one of the major sticking points between the house and the senate bill is this