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Republicans continue to be running scared on health care. they do not want to talk about the issue. when they're forced to they have been routinely lying about their own position. the republican candidate for u.s. senate in arizona martha mcsally yesterday desperately tried to claim she always fought for preexisting conditions, despite her actual voting record. >> will you fight to retain preexisting conditions as they are today? >> i have fought for preexisting conditions. i voted to protect preexisting conditions. >> you voted for something that would weaken preexisting conditions. you -- >>...

People to the polls. >> just for a show of hands how many of you would say that health care is one of the most important issues in this election. all of you. >> my daughter was diagnosed with melanoma one year after the hca and it was life-changing what the ahca did for us. >> do you feel in jeopardy of it? >> i lose sleep over it and every single thing in my life is fighting to make sure that she has insurance, and it is not only will it affect her health care, but it is going to affect the financial security for the rest of her life. >> so compelling. and morgan radford is joining us from oh...

>> yes, i do. i asked the speaker about this, and he said he was going to not -- that was an unfounded rumor. i think he's provided a lot of stability in the house, the house -- the republican conference is a disparate group of individuals, freedom caucus on one side, tuesday group on another and the speaker has done a good job of keeping things together. we got tax cuts done. we got the ahca done. >> it was interesting, you were so concerned, though, you did reach out to speaker ryan just to make sure? >> i did. i was visiting with him about the efforts i'm undertaking to get offshore drillin...

Use of concealed carry. it may have to separate from that as it goes to the senate, that concealed carry provision probably wouldn't pass in the senate. in the senate, john cornyn, the number two senate republican right in the mix of what republicans think about these issues. chris murphy, the democrat, progressive, good credentials on that side of the aisle, will bring support from both parties toward this bill. it's important to note the nra has not opposed this bill. for some of the reasons that you have outlined, namely that it doesn't expand the categories of people who can't get weapons ...

Joining me now is republican congresswoman francis rooney of florida, a member of the foreign affairs committee. always good to see you. thank you for joining us, sir. >> thanks for having me on, alex. >> so these numbers, how do you make sense of them? what do you blame for the decline in optimism, particularly among republicans? >> well, i talk to a lot of republicans around the country and certainly in my district, and i think the frustration over the senate's failure to either pass the ahca or one of the multiple options they had that would have improved health care delivery and insurance ...