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Many have indicated they don't want him to serve in the senate. >> well, there's two layers to this. one is the immediate political cost. there's going to be a much harder push for tax reform, tax cuts if you have a 51/49 margin. beyond that, this is just a stunning turn of events of an awful week for the republican party. on tuesday, there was a mass repudiation of trumpism at the ballot box. then we had a story about trump's former national security advi adviser being investigated for a plot to kidnap somebody. trump's recipient of the tweets calling him big and fat. and now roy moore. so tr...

If it had gone from a 70/30 vote to a 51/49 vote because of russian meddling but the same side had still won, the outcome might have been skewed but it was not changed. and i think bouncing back and forth between definitions of affecting fundamentally and so forth is one of the sources of confusion. >> well, he said flatly it did not affect the outcome. >> outcome. >> so in other words what you're suggesting is what pompeo was saying was accurate? >> yes, i think if it didn't affect the outcome -- that's what he said. >> but the cia put out a statement fixing what he said. >> it's still skewed...

Left. is the aca basically safe now? >> i think it probably is, but this is not done. you cannot underestimate how much pressure there is from republican donors, there was an article in the "new york times" about this today on republican members to repeal obamacare. so even though mccain essentially drove a stake through it, this is not over and people should not stop calling their representatives. this is a terrible piece of legislation which everybody in the health care sector, the insurance companies. these are not lefties chlts a. all of the health care associations, every association of e...

Other topics they would like to tackle? >> they've got an awful lot to do, none of which are small. you have tax reform which is the white house's priority and the republican conference's priority, both in the senate and the house. you have a budget that they need to get through that they are going to have to pass before december 15th. and thanks to donald trump, you have immigration reform and an act to deal with the d.r.e.a.m.ers. they're going to go handle the issue that still bedeviled them more than any other so far, repealing obamacare. i remain very skeptical, never say never, but i jus...

As a viewer's guide. let's say it's 51/49 in the senate. repeal and replace passes, what happens to it then? >> well, i think if it passes, the chances of it getting through the house are pretty good. it's most helpful to think about this, brian, in terms of the political importance for republicans. when they failed to repeal obamacare both in the house and in the senate, the air really went out of the balloon for them. the dismay that you heard from the voices of republican voters, especially in crucial races that happened early on like in georgia 6, it was just palpable. they need to demonst...