republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. he said he intends to continue the negotiations while joking about the president's campaign slogan late friday. the associated press relaying this quote from the majority leader saying, quote, it's not easy making america great again, is it. meanwhile the usa today finds there will be over 1,370 counties with only one affordable care act exchange insurer next year. 40 counties will have none at all due in large part to the uncertainty in washington. sam, you cover the hill closely. how does this end? mitch mcconnell wanted the vote by friday before he left. now he says let's get it in before we leave in august. how does this end? >> i don't think anyone knows how it ends. i don't think what the white house is doing is particularly productive from mitch mcconnell's standpoint. he's been trying to cobble together this fragile agreement on how to replace obamacare and the white house says forget that, let's just go straight