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Then we're saying as citizens it's the government who gets to decide how, where, when and under what circumstances we get health care. that's giving the government far too much power over our lives. >> let me ask you this question. >> i want to get you there. don't put me off. i love you. we're buddies. >> fair enough. go ahead. >> the point is, health care is a need, and we respect that need. the question is, can we have a system in america where everybody can get affordable coverage? can we have a system where everybody can get affordable coverage with more choices even people with preexisti...

Things. and regarding coverage out of the cbo scoring, you have to remember the cbo has a terrible track record of predicting the future, and they may have made some mistakes. for instance, they protected that 5 million people would give up on medicaid which is already free to them. i hardly think that is the case. the cbo has a horrible track record of predicting the future. the reality is these folks if they were part of your office bracket pool, they would finish last every single year. predicting the future is hard. i'm not saying they are necessarily bad actors here, but use it we have to...

Jeopardize the progress we've made in getting people into the health care system, not using emergency rooms and not costing other people their extra coverage costs. >> senator, yes or no, do you think obama needs fixing? >> i think we need to improve the health care system in this country. we can make it better. there are areas that democrats and republicans should work together on, absolutely. >> senator ben cardcardin, we'r looking to you to get to work. we appreciate it. we saw it right there, chuck schumer, the democratic senate leader, attacking the republican plan to repeal and replace...

Welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. health care reform is good for the country, but it is especially good, and the story has not been told enough, for small businesses. the thing that gets me, the republicans know this. small businesses are going to get a tax credit worth 35% of their health care costs. it's going to jump to 50% in the tax credit in two years. this is right out of their playbook. the insurance exchange will provide more bargaining power. they'll be able to purchase better coverage at a, buzz phrase, lower cost. the small business majority group predicts...

We're talking about polling, that the american people have weighed in on, they support the components that are included in this bill because they want to make sure that we end an abusive practice by insurance companies. >> but mark, the composite of all of those, the difficulty the president faces, is that he has not sold the public on his version of health care reform. that's the reality of his situation right now. i spoke to one very close ally of the president's on this fight saying he thinks 40% chance this ultimately gets done. where are we? >> i think that there's a strong chance that it...