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A long saga that may be coming to a head right now. that was seven years ago. that was president obama making the case for the affordable care act for obamacare, the polls back then said very controversial. he said, well, if we pass this, people will learn what's in, they'll like it, they might change. 2544, as in 2,544 days since the affordable care act became law back in 2010 and today. remember, that was the big promise from democrats back then. they said hey, when this thing passed. poll here from kizer health, 46% liked it, 40% didn't. remember, this was republicans were all against it, d...

But by the end of the clinton years, this was one of bill clinton's great regrets, wasn't it? >> exactly. you know, it's really kind of veers from one side of the road to the other in terms of the sentiments and the parties. i guess it depends on who's in the white house at the time and who's most likely to be the o who is being gored in this situation. and you're right, democrats came in, in the clinton years, gungho to put that law back in fact and some into matters people could consider trivial even if you set aside the clinton allegations. there were other allegations of misstatements abou...

Believe on these various issues being states' rights. i don't know why this would be any different. it's how the guidance was issued, it's the legal basis on which it was ordered. it fell short on a lot of stuff. it wasn't us that did this. it was the court that stepped in and said they didn't follow the procedure of the law back in august of last year sxen joined the case. >> i understand all that. just wonder if the white house disagrees that this is a civil rights? >> it's whether it's appropriately addressed. as i noted, it's appropriately addressed at the state level. kelly? >> does the p...

That is certainly true. the president's priority and president's motivation is rooted looking out for the interests of 22 million americans whose health care would be taken away if republicans repeal the affordable care act. >> there you go. republicans could repeal and replace obamacare with 50 votes in the senate and majority in the house. democrats used the same method to pass much of the law back in 2009. president-elect donald trump hard at work behind the scenes laying groundwork for that border wall. >> along the southern border. >> the trump transition team sending wide-ranging reque...

Clayton: no, press conference next week. heather: thank you. presidential proportion just hours from now in capitol hill. making dueling pitches in the battle over obamacare, but the white house insists that this has nothing to do with preserving the president's legacy. >> the stakes are high. some people might think the president is concerned about the political capital that he has invested in, that's certainly true, but the president's priority and the president's motivation is rooted in looking out for the interest of 22 million americans whose health care will be taken away if republicans ...