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This afternoon. >> no. i think that's the right way it put it. i think that speech sort of stood alone. i'm not sure that it was even a predictor of his own behavior, let alone of any other republican senator's behavior. the vote they took a few moments ago, the vote they took tonight, 60-vote threshold on that. they knew they wouldn't get anywhere near 60 votes. that was a free spin as to who voted on it. senator mccain voted yes, voted with mitch mcconnell on that. that is not what it sounded like he was going to do when he gave that moving speech today. so i don't know what we do with that....

The vote they took a few moments ago, the vote they took tonight, 60-vote threshold on that. they knew they wouldn't get anywhere near 60 votes. that was a free spin as to who voted on it. senator mccain voted yes, voted with mitch mcconnell on that. that is not what it sounded like he was going to do when he gave that moving speech today. so i don't know what we do with that. >> this was a vote to basically override the budget rules on the senate floor to allow them to have proceed a vote on this bill that is the mcconnell bill plus the cruz edig to tedition to th mcconnell deal and the port ...

Mcconnell made clear about 14 hours ago in a very late-night statement after two more senators came out opposing the senate draft plan he was going to try for a repeal-only effort. that means, the last congress republicans while the democratic president was in office voted to repeal large portions of the affordable care act via reckon sailiation through the budget rules, same process as now. and conservatives asked for that, the president has as well and didn't believe they had support to do that and wanted to repeal and replace. they don't have the votes for that, senator mcconnell says. they...

To as the key they want to see before they make decisions. that will be a next step forward as we try to figure out what bigger changes will be butt in there to try to bring some of authorities wary senators from either side to try and -- bridges them on board. >> who is that latest addition appealing to? more of the conservatives or the moderates? >> it wasn't put in to try to bring people on board. it was more or less to try to make markets work more effectively, a different format of it, a different iteration of it. that would penalize people on their premiums if they decide to do drop. thi...

Federal government would for the first time apply insurance for the people that fundamental premise of obamacare is kept. >> some things we are going to have to work on the refundable tax credit may be sure that is sufficient so that low-income people can apply a policies. >> we will work together to write our own bill. we will make sure we know what our bill costs. >> special budget rules allow the senate to pass health care with 51 votes, the republicans probably need help from democrats republicans have majority in the senate, but not as big as the majority they have over in the house, the ...