right? >> it also makes it really hard for republicans to move forward on this because while obama care does have a lot of issues and, you know, a lot of americans have had issues with it, the hardest thing to do politically in washington is to take aaway a been if nefit that you are gett from the government. it can be political suicide. for republicans, they have taken in the notion that you can't cut people off health care without knowing what's next, what their options are, what their potential access points are, but even then, it is essentially impossible to envision any republican plan that will provide coverage for as many people as obama care provides coverage for, and there's just no easy way out of that box. >> glen, i get the sense -- obviously we know that republicans on the hill are understanding that more and more, and there's a very big tension between the promise and the reality, but do you get the sense that that is becoming more apparent to president trump and his aides?