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You saw the tweet that is the president set out earlier today unapologetic for it, what's your thinking on that whole thing about what the president tweeted and how that plays in into these calls for greater civility in political discourse. >> i would approach it more generically and say we probably don't need to question the adversaries motives. president obama wanted to help more people get health care, obamacare failed but i don't question his motives or goodness as a person in trying to do it. in the same tone, i think democrats that are saying, thousands and of people are going to die if ...

Advantage of? >> it's interesting because the reconciliation process which a lot of people have been up in arms about is how theaaffordable care act got passed. if they have three dissenting votes, they won't be able to pass it. one of the they're struggling with, once you pass a bill like this that provides benefits to people, it's very hard to take it away. like social security, a lot of other systems that have been deba debated. the merits of the affordable care act, there needs to be improvements to it. a lot of people have said that. baem has said that. completely taking it away, affordab...

Insurance market are because they repealed portions of the affordable care act through appropriations process that made it very, very unsustnable for insurance companies to participate. they do own all of the problems with the health care system right now. if they worked with us to try to correct some of those, replacing or retaining the risk corridor, the payments i'm talking about and giving certainty to the insurance companies, we would not have the problems. they deserve to be held accountable for the problems right now. >> have you heard from the senate colleagues, friends about what they...

Didn't work out so well after the aca was passed and democrats had the power based on the 2008 election and the tea party rose up. clean sweep for 2010 and the power shifting the dynamic in d.c. republicans are on the defense now about this, they basically get to own this. there was basically two dozen districts carried by clinton. is that vulnerable territory for the republicans and what it means for the constituents they have to face in light of this? >> it absolutely is. this is a great study in the power of politics. the republicans ran on repealing obamacare for effectively three cycles a...

But we also no obamacare was passed without any republican support. it didn't have a lot of public support. that's why the republicans gained so many seats in the house and the senate. now it's completely reversed. what obamacare did is offer a benefit in the form of mostly medicaid, that is health care to the poor. the other part is the exchanges where you don't get your insurance from an employer, you get it on your own in the individual market. a lot of people saw their rates skyrocket and also saw their deductibles go up. on the other hand, a lot of people who couldn't afford insurance got...