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It. >> a lot of these changes are relatively small and many are not going to bring down this es 22 million uninnumbered, really, really exceptionally bad for republicans. cannot go home and sell that. that remains one of the big, underlying problems with this bill. yeah, put more money here and there, but are you going get the coverage numbers up? it's not clear these changeless do that. >> one of the things you hear from some conservative senators, ron johnson of wisconsin, they're saying the cbo score is going back too far. using old numbers. it's probably, you know, more like 15 million tha...

In the meeting today, the director of the congressional budget office and some of his deputies were in them meeting. republican's have a lot of questions about the score. inevitably, they will tweak it in the next few weeks, and probably get an new score. remember, they continue to work the rest. i was told when they came out of that meeting, that some republicans did not like what they were hearing from the congressional budget office. and again, that is where you have republican senators try to have it both ways. they like the depths of reduction and the cbo score that was reported on the he...

Die if you cut people from medicaid. that means you are killing, killing them. >> republican leaders say don't believe the doomsday predictions. >> in all honesty, we have to get real about it because we've got a lot of things the federal government has to do besides health care. if we go that route, that's the only thing the federal government is going to be basically doing. >> on the coverage numbers, republican leaders will tell you that's because people would no longer have a gun to their heads with the government telling them they must buy insurance. republican leaders would suggest that ...

It is important we have a scorekeeper. we can always complain about the nature of the score. i think their coverage numbers, there's more to the story than what the number implies. having said that, it's important we have a referee. [ inaudible question ] >> it is. [ inaudible question ] >> nope, they haven't finished their bill. we have not made any of those decisions. i'll leave it up to the senate. >> order in the house health care, put it down again and it went through. what is your advice to mitch mcconnell this week? >> it's private. meaning, i keep my advice between the two of us. look,...

Opinions on these things. we can always complain about the nature of the score. i think their coverage numbers, there's more to the story than what the number implies. but having said that, it's important that we have a referee. yeah. >> i was wondering if whether or not you'll get a conference -- >> no. they haven't even finished their bill. wae ha we have not midany of those decisions. i'll leave it up to the senate, casey. >> health care. what is your advice? >> it's private. meaning, i keep my advice between the two of us. look, i would not bet against mitch mcconnell. he is very, very goo...