out, the president has stated that he wants to repeal and replace obamacare. that's what his actions were doing. that's what undoing these payments was part of that effort. and so i think it is an interesting question. he may sort of want credit for this deal or this win, that's something the president is always interested in. but as he said today and as the senators said, this is a short-term fix. there remains a question of what happens in the long-term. and there could be the potential to reach a deal with democrats. but the president has been committed to undermining obamacare than improving upon it or fixing it. >> and it was very standard for a visiting dignitary, couple questions from the u.s. press corp, couple of questions from the visiting press corp. one of the points the president made that had made scratching their head. he said we have the votes to