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Done and the other side of the argument the democrats who don't want to do anything at all don't recognize that obamacare is falling apart. there is a middle grounds. is this the middle ground. we don't know. >> we don't know whether it is the middle ground. as someone who has written articles criticizing obamacare and is in favor of bettering it, we don't know if this is better. you have markup, you are amendments, scoring. >> shouldn't it go -- >> i believe john mccain will vote against it. >> really. >> mccain spoke on the senate floor he believed in the congress, believed in regular order,...

We need to be looking at how to provide quality care for patients without driving up price. >> reporter: that's the democrat doctor criticizing obamacare. and the trump doctor says the new gop plan is just as bad and will cover fewer people. >> well, i don't think it's better. i think we're probably on the wrong track. >> reporter: the doctor even told trump that in a letter she supposed online, begging, please go back to the drawing board and start again. the problem, they say, is not all the talk about which party's health care plan is better. it's that washington's having the wrong conversa...

Over their heads and constituents at town hall meetings hitting them very hard. >> here's one of the issues. there are these five gop senators who've come out vocally saying they oppose the bill as is. mike lee is one of them. here's what he says, conservatives have compromised on not repealing, on spending levels, tax credit subsidies, corporate bailouts, medicaid and the obamacare regulations. that is on every substantive question in this bill. so he's already trying to set up the battle saying conservatives have given everything away and yet moderates are saying, no, this doesn't have enoug...

Process. we just saw what's in the senate bill two days ago and they want a vote a week later. >> you can call it fast tracking or ramming it through trying to have as little debate and conversation about it as possible. democrats when they put through the affordable care act, they opened the process to hearings, to amendments from republicans, they took votes on republican concerns. th they were i think genuinely interested to try to pick off a few republican votes. they knew this would be a democratic measure but were looking for at least some. right now the republicans in the white house an...

Days, next thursday, before congress leaves washington for the fourth of july holiday weekend, but he can only afford to lose two republican votes and still pass this bill. right now five republican senators by cnn's count say they oppose this bill in its current form, three more gop senators say they have concerns. so let's talk it over with cnn's congressional reporter lauren fox about where this goes from here. lauren, clearly this is a numbers game right now. what are these resisting republican senators want changed in the bill? >> well, that is the question. and it depends who you ask. if...