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Terrific for our country. why do i say that? because now, everybody has nebraska deal. i knew that if i got this for nebraska, by the time this legislation got out of the senate, i would have it for everybody and that's what happened and i'm totally comfortable with that. >> is that a great campaign platform for re-election? >> got a great deal. i got a good deal. >> i got a deal from a whole -- >> cornhusker kickback. he's in worse trouble than michael steele. he had a good line, said about sarah palin, said i almost forgot what i was going to say, it's not written on my hand. he got a big la...

Program, when you say it is cheaper to get out of cover employees than to cover employees, you are going to fundamentally harm the health care system and more importantly create a situation where the federal government will pass on to our children filled with debt and deficits that will overwhelm their capacity to have a quality lifestyle. >> sean: there's been a lot of focus on this program and elsewhere, talk radio has been all over this the cornhusker kickback, louisiana purchase, exemption for states, corrupt process, bribery, backroom deals, we went over all of that with a fine tooth comb...

Saturday and not extend much beyond that, given -- unless there's some surprise. unless republicans, you know, come up with some brilliant plan to win over democratic votes on an amendment, but i think friday or saturday is the time frame. >> okay. on the issue of blanche lincoln, ben nelson also today saying he would vote against reconciliation, which is remarkable because ben nelson is blamed for the cornhusker kickback, and now will vote against taking it out of the bill, while still trying to disavow it. do you understand the political logic behind what blanche linking is doing? >> nope. >...

>> that's right. all right. caroline shively reporting live from the bureau in d.c. thank you very much. it's because the student loan aspect of the health care bill is in there that senator ben nelson who wound up getting that cornhusker kickback, he had been a no and then he voted yes and now we understand he's going to be a firm no because he says it taxes too much and it costs too much and there's a student loan program in there and by the way, there's a big student loan program based in his home state of nebraska. >> so what are republicans going to do next, then? caroline was touching on...

It's going to happen friday or saturday and not extend much beyond that, given -- unless there's some surprise. unless republicans, you know, come up with some brilliant plan to win over democratic votes on an amendment, but i think friday or saturday is the time frame. >> okay. on the issue of blanche lincoln, ben nelson also today saying he would vote against reconciliation, which is remarkable because ben nelson is blamed for the cornhusker kickback, and now will vote taking it out of the bill, do you understand the political logic behind. >> nope. >> say, what blanche lincoln is doing? no?...