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We will undo this someday. we will undo this. it takes us to our most important member of the day, 2602. it has been 2602 days sense the house passed the affordable care act and today the republican house. the republican controlled house without a single democratic vote passed that republican health care replacement plan. think of that. more than seven years ago. let's put this into context. 2008, barack obama runs for president. he said i'll do what democrats have been dreaming of doing for generations. i'll pass health care reform. he has democrats in the house and the senate. they get it do...

Bill, that isn't going to become law. and so, you know, there is -- there's not much that i can see that republicans get out of this as at least, you know, maybe they can say to their base, look, we were able to get something done. this was the easy part of the process. passing it through the house. the senate is a much harder beast for them and i don't see a lot of wiggle room there. if they lose three people, they aren't going to be able to pass it through reconciliation. >> all right. doug thornell, michael steele, thanks to both of you for joining us. >> all right. >> thank you. still to...

One of the untold stories are the dramatic increases in deductibles. so there are a lot of families that over 10,000 deductibles. for most people that means they can't even use the obamacare. not only when we go to the doctor do we have to pay so much for the premium but almost everything is out of pocket because we have such a large deductible. so i'm paying a lot of money for a health care plan that doesn't work for me. please provide relief for my family. we hear these stories over and over. and what has been so encouraging about this debate, from the very beginning, every member of congres...

Welcome to the white house. and thanks to the leadership of president donald trump, welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. it was march 2010, seven years ago, democrats passed the government takeover of health care. and at that time republicans in congress promised the american people that law would not stand. today, thanks to the perseverence, the determination, and the leadership of president donald trump and all the support of those gathers here, we've seen a historic first step to repeal and replace obamacare, and finally give the american

Ceremony. they're certainly framing it that way but there's a long way to go on this. what do you think they were trying to achieve there? >> i have no idea. you're spiking the football on the 50-yard line, for god's sake. get back on the bus, go to the hill or go home or let to go. as i said, there's a lot more work to be done here. i think it's very premature to assume where this bill is going to go. i think doug makes a very important point about how this could play out with the public. the dynamics albeit are different between 2010 and now. the public is in a different space. they're comin...