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Bill up, the president worked feverishly to make sure that he did everything he could to get it over the finish line. i think we'll do the same for all those other scenarios. >> i'd like to follow up on health care. you were around when republicans were criticizing democrats back in the day of obamacare for it being, as you put it fairly recently, jammed down people's throats. you said it was rushed and secretive. how is this happening now with this bill getting frankly passed behind closed doors any different? >> i think we wanted to be part of the process back then. >> are democrats part of ...

Different than what republicans criticized democrats for doing. >> i think we wanted to be part process back then. you look at what senator shumer said back in february to a moveon.org call where he said no democrat's going to go near this and what he said in a letter may 9, he said that no democrats would be part of an effort that would repeal obamacare. so, they have chosen to take themselves not -- to not make themselves part of this process. there is, when senator mcconnell brings the bill forward, i'm sure there will be plenty of time to have debate. it's the senate. there's always time f...

You saw when the president had the house bill up, the president worked feverishly to do everything he could to get it over the finish line. >> i'd like to follow up on health care there. you were around -- the republicans were criticizing democrats for it being -- as you put it, jammed down people's throats, you said it was rushed, secretive, that was the criticism. how is this happening now, behind closed doors any different from what republicans criticize democrats for doing? >> i think we wanted to be part of the process back then. >> you look at what senator schumer said in february to mov...

Whether or not the sitting president can be indicted. i'll say this, we are not in what i would call a constitutional crisis. it may be a crisis to determine if they have the right to stand-up and move forward as they see the shenanigans out of the white house. the discussion my colleagues on the panel had is indicative of the problem. the fact is this, this president has lost credibility. he's lost credibility with the public and world leaders and lost credibility with leaders in congress because they can't count on him to have their backs when they move forward with domestic or foreign agend...

A very long and difficult process. that's why it's behind closed doors. it's subject to a lot of criticism. but when you talk to senate leadership, that this is the only way to move this bill forward. >> it might be the only way to pass the bill. what are you learning tonight phil about opposition? >> reporter: ramping up, we learned today there's a seven figure ad buy targeting crucial senators, the types of senators who are sitting on the fence, could go one way or the other. democrats really trying to mupu forward on this, and the republicans acknowledge, because this was done behind closed...