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Up. there are some vestiges of obamacare that are going to stay as part of this law, which is angering lots of conservatives who want to see this ripped out. >> my question is, was there this much arm twisting when it came to obamacare? was there this much? david gergen? then axelrod. either one. >> go ahead, david, please. >> i was there, so i can tell you that that was a lengthy process. it died a thousand deaths along the way. in certain ways they're mirroring that process because what happened was you had progressives, liberals in the house who thought that the bill the senate passed hadn'...

Progressives, liberals in the house who thought that the bill the senate passed hadn't gone far enough. senators who thought the bill was too expensive and generous. they couldn't reconcile. among democrats. only at end when it was absolutely clear to the house that the only opportunity for them was to accept the senate bill with amendments through reconciliation that they grudgingly got on board. seeing some of the same tug and pull as here. don't remember drk i do remember the press going to members saying this is why we ran for office. sold the bill on its merits. didn't make a purely polit...