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He wasn't going to do that. when i finally understood when talking to him and congressional leade leaders, i'm faced with i've got to make a decision here. it's not the bill i would have written. but i have had to make a decision to see if we can move the process beyond where we are right now if this bill succeeds, then i'm going to be vitally involved in crafting health care legislation down the road and i'm going to do it with the president of the united states. >> very quickly, you said you didn't want to see the obama presidency destroyed if this bill doesn't pass. do you think it would de...

>> did the president promise you something, that he would campaign for you, raise money for you? obviously there was a lot of arm twisting going on, did he twist your arm? >> i was trying to convince him while we were on air force one. it wasn't the first meeting we have had. i have had four specific meetings with the president on health care. during the campaign, he wasn't for single payer, but i was trying to use every opportunity i had to impress upon the president the importance of a public option to protect the right of states to go to single payer. i'm faced with i've got to make a decis...

Secured by chris dodd have been taken out. the answer is nobody, not even the president knows for sure. because just a few days before the historic final vote, top officials at the white house tell cnn the final bill is still not finished so they do not know what's in and what's out. the air of mystery has helped fuel republican charges the legislation was created by an illegitimate process. >> it was produced behind closed doors, it was produced with unsavory, i say that with respect, deal making, the louisiana purchase, funding the $300 million for one state. the horn husker kick back, which...