care. >> well this is why republicans face such a squeeze. there are a lot of republican based voters that benefit from obamacare don't want to see it gone. are showing up at the townhalls and getting very angry. on the other hand you have conservatives who have been promised this is going to be repealed for years, years, years, i think if republicans are afraid, in a sense for this to end with any kind of finality and admit failure. so all the political incentives are aligned to dragging this out, even having a promise of doing this next year which would never happen in an election year, simply to avoid having to admit a kind of ultimate defeat. >> that's right. >> and also, the midterm election issues, you know, presidents doing badly in the midterm election don't happen in a vacuum. clinton in 1994, didn't happen because it was 1994 and they magically showed up and voted against him. they were reacting to his leadership or lack of leadership in that case. >> health care. >> exactly. it is not a foregone c