deal. what we have is an agreement to fund those csr payments, the subsidies for obamacare, through the next two years. that's what democrats wanted to get out of this. the question is whether republicans ended up getting enough. the concessions they got from democrats include allowing people over 30 years old to buy catastrophic plans. there's more flexibility and waivers for states to change the way they cover things and also to provide flexibility to buy insurance in compacts across state lines. so the question is, is this enough of a deal to get both parties to really drop what had been their absolutionist positions on obamacare and come to the middle here. the bill's two sponsors tried to sell it last night on the senate floor. take a listen. >> we were able to reach an agreement this i hope will set the health care discussion in congress on a very different path than the one we have all seen for the last seven years. >> in my view, this agreement