today. karl rove with us now. we brought you in to talk about other things. this is breaking news. let's get your immediate reaction with clarence thomas joining the majority on this, karl. >> this was likely to happen because of what's called the severability clause. affordable care act was written where it said if some part of this is struck down the rest of the law remains. and that's exactly what happened. the part of the law that had to do with a penalty, tax if you will was no longer being enforced and the question was did severability apply, did the rest of the law stand and the court held 7-2 that was the case. >> dana: how much does healthcare still an issue in terms of not just policy but in terms of the politics? for years the democrats really tried to beat republicans over the head with this very issue.