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>> yes. and in the middle of it, john mccain came to the democratic side. four or five of us huddled around him. he had a question about the bird rule. that is, we were contesting potentially the last section of the eight-page bill saying it didn't seem to fit the rules. we said we wld set that aside. he asked questionsbout whether we would be willing to proceed to the defense he authorization act and facilitate that so that we didn't have a long, drawnout markup of it. we said we were happy to do that. that felt pretty positive. it sounded like he was about to go with us. but we still weren't...

Other proposals that require 60 votes. and it requires bipartisanship in the senate. that can be a great thing resulting in a better final product on reducing the cost of prescription drugs, making it easier to pull policies, and reform, just a few examples. so that is the next question bond the big picture aca repeal 00 deba debate where you can get everything either that wasn't part of this bill because it didn't work under the bird rule. >> as you know, a filling buster is really a parliamentary delay tactic that requires 630 votes. is really a parliamentary delay tactic that requires 630 v...

And then on the floor, the vice president comes out on the floor. instead of taking the seat, he goes to talk on john mccain. that's a good sign. and then the vice president disappears. that's not such a good sign. and then the vice president comes back and goes out with john mccain. probably to hold a conference. maybe to talk to the president. and then we were really worried. so it was right down to the last moment. >> i was watching the same scene. i wasn't in the room and i was drawing the same inferences. you were watching in real-time drawing to draw clues from this like he have one else...

Like he have one else was. >> yes. and in the middle of it, john mccain came to the democratic side. four or five of us huddled around him. he had a question about the bird rule. we were contesting potentially the last section of the eight-page bill saying it didn't seem to fit the rules. we said we would set that aside. he asked questions about whether we would be willing to proceed to the defense he authorization act and facilitate that so we don't have a long drawn out mark-up of it. we said we were happy to do that. that felt pretty positive. it sounded like he was about to go with us. we ...

Probably didn't have much impact, but there is sort of extraordinary xesschedules on t fence republicans are considering, thinking about. which is, there is no text for an actual bill. no hearings in 2017. no cbo score or resolution. on the bird rule. none of the process issen 0 the open here and probably have a lot more buy-in if mcconnell had started this open and ended up, really, at the end saying, we're going to scrap this bird rule and try to get something done with just a bair re majority. >> imploded on them in the house. a rough process, finally a bill through the house. apologies for...