i don't think there was a way to come up with a bill that was going to satisfy everybody no matter how long they took. now the test for republicans is, can they govern? this is the first time they've been with a republican president in years. there are no more excuses. and it's also a test of the president. he says he's a deal maker. he says he's the king negotiator. well, now that he's put to the test, because that's what it's going to take to get this done. >> one of his quotes post election, when he told "the washington post," we're going to have insurance for everybody, there's a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it, that's not going to happen with us." that's setting a pretty impossible bar from where republicans are right now and what they want to do. betsy, what do you make of this notion with justin amash, you can see it suggested in a little bit of what paul ryan was saying from the lectern, this is a promise we made, and i can promise you that we're going to stick by our promises. this notion that basically kind of calling republicans' bluff, put it out there, get it on the floor, and then basically dare