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Are enrolled and what's the quality of service that they're getting. i think if we get that right, everyone will regret that the early weeks were a little choppy on the website. but the test is, are people getting coverage and are they getting the care that they need, and we're confident we're going to be on track to do that. >> final area, in addition to trying to keep the government open and deal with the debt issue, you're also dealing with the sanctions against iran, and this is a big issue as you think about negotiations with iran. what's the bottom line position of this administration? w...

Be in january how many people are enrolled and what's the quality of service that they're getting. i think if we get that right, everyone will regret that the early weeks were a little choppy on the website. but the test is, are people getting coverage and are they getting the care that they need, and we're confident we're going to be on track to do that. >> final area, in addition to trying to keep the government open and deal with the debt issue, you're also dealing with the sanctions against iran, and this is a big issue as you think about negotiations with iran. what's the bottom line posi...

Isn't it? >> let's go even further, back to 2008, the crisis which started in this country, and exported. they're still dealing with it. it is very tough for us to say let's get your house in order. i think it is interesting that christine lagarde felt that it was go to come out and say oh, yes, it is finally good that the american government and congress will fix this. it is not a position that the united states likes to find itself in. you know? and i think it is kind of a problem. >> congress has found a solution to a crisis which congress created. talking about the u.s. debt. very quickly....

Which wasn't dealt with. you say the debt wasn't being paid down. it's getting worse. it uh's growing especially with the long-term entitlement programs and unpaid for promises known as liabilities. that $17 trillion number scratches the surface. that's the official number on paper. when you take those extra promises that we have already made to the american people and have no way of paying for, the number is closer to 90 trillion dollars. according to to several member s of president clinic top's debt commission from the early '90s. there is going to be a conference committee. one of the elem...

Legislation is if you go across and talk to mrs. pelosi and come up with democratic votes violating the hasturd rule. the republicans want to reopen the government, but at the end of the day, i do endorse the theory and i think joe would, too, that if the president and the democrats want to have another trillion dollars of borrowing authority, you should have a conversation as to why we need to borrow another trillion dollars. and if the president was willing to do that in a meaningful way, this thing would be over. >> may i ask you both quickly, let's look ahead to the midterms, 2014, what yo...