he showed that he cared about the voters in the state, and he wanted to come to washington, d.c. to break the gridlock and get it done. i don't know what the future lies in terms of making these two bills come together, but he will put pressure on the other moderate republicans in the senate to at least play ball with the democrats on important issues if he continues to vote for this. >> given the report from the republicans and the tea partiers, it took guts to cast the vote. >> well, it did, but he is from massachusetts n. the end of the day, there is a swing vote in massachusetts and it swung his way this time, but it usually doesn doesn't, and he has to show independence if he wants to stick around. >> and let's talk about the president's plan about the health care summit that we will have extensive coverage here on cnn. heath shuler is a former quarterback for the washington redskins and blue dog and moderate conservative from north carolina. he says, i was surprised they were pushing it again referring