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We had seen before the christmas eve vote in the senate. cornhusker kickback, louisiana -- all of these things are happening again. they're just not happening in public and they won't be discussed until long after there is a vote on this. >> bret: a meeting right now on capitol hill with rahm emanuel, other white house folks and the leaders, congressional leaders behind closed doors. >> right. they are looking for deals. one thing i heard about today you have six retiring democrat democrats who voted against it last time. you know what? this is a real gift to americans, the argue fire departme...

President so wonderfully did today about saying, this is right. and now, you democrats, stand up. it's time for you to stand for what's needed. no. now, look, it's not about walking down the plane with the president. it's about being down there, willing to lose your job over what's right for the working family. yeah, we got off-track. and this president, with courageous leaders in congress, will get us at least back on, not as well as we could have done if we had stood strong at the beginning. ted kennedy, if he had been there would have shaped this -- >> let's talk about the deals that were m...

Forgotten. >> sean: [ talking over each other ] >> it is already an albatross -- the whole administration's problems, -- the democrats right now are close to lose the house if it were held today. they won't lose the house by november. it is much more than a health care bill this bill is not that big of a voting issue. >> sean: if they pass this bill with all the corruption involved. >> what corruption involved? >> sean: cornhusker kickback, payoff to union, louisiana purchase -- >> what do you think this is a boy scout convention -- >> sean: you're not list anyone. they are -- they've had it. ...

Rangel and paterson. i am not saying they are part of this, but there is a sense of real distrust of washington. we have this -- >> oh, god, what about ensign? what about vitter? let's bring up all the matter. >> if you will listen one minute, donna? >> i will listen but i will not let you demagog just simply because you -- >> just listen for a minute, please. >> i won't let you demagog. >> and got what we deserved. we had abramoff and we had mark foley and we had duke cunningham and we got our heads handed to us. that is where the focus of the corruption was. now you're looking at rangel, loo...

>> well, we will see. i mean, we will see. you know, if i had to bet, i would say probably he will be able to get this through, only with democrat votes. i think it's bad policy to do that i also think it's going to be very bad politics because of the opposition. the thing that's been tainted in the process with the louisiana purchase, with the cornhusker kickback, you have these corruption stories coming out on rangel and paterson, i am not sharing part of this, but there is a sense of real distrust of washington. we have this -- >> oh, god what about ensign what about vitter? let's bring up ...