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>> i've never seen a more radical or reckless legislative process in my time in politics. write the bill in secret, discuss it in secret, send it to the cbo secret. and then rush it to the floor with no committee hearings, no amendments. in just ten hours of debate. >> mitch mcconnell is expected to release the discussion draft tomorrow but even some republicans worried about the secrecy. we are congressman voicing his concern on the radio. >> it's too secretive. it will put a cloud over the whole final product. >> this one, with people from rural america. at the risk of losing coverage. it wa...

Known. i didn't feel like it was about these two people. for democrats, trump is bad, the numbers are bad, this is a referendum on him. that negativity will carry us to victory. negativity wasn't enough. >> that's true in politics. it's not enough to oppose something. you have to support something positive as well. all these districts are in red states, let's not forget that. democrats thought they had the early momentum advantage. early polling showed them in a strong position. at the end of the day they couldn't get it done. there's a lot of soul searching to be done by democrats about wheth...

Consensus here? >> well, the time line does seem rushed but keep in mind as mitch mcconnell has said. the republicans have been talking about this for seven years. i've been covering them for seven years and they talk about it all the time. with the house having passed their version of the american health care bill, now, it's up to the senate to put out their discussion draft which mitch mcconnell said is going to come as early as thursday. hopefully, they'll have a cbo score by monday. mitch mcconnell said that the senate will not vote on that bill until there is a cbo score on the senate ver...

Color of the room when you were there at the handel win last night. the republican health care bill, still secret but not for long. they're preparing to release what they're billing as a discussion draft. republicans hope it will be a final push to a vote on repealing and replacing obamacare before the congressional recess. the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: well, we have a date for the bill. the bill that's been crafted behind the scenes, the bill that we still don't know what's actually inside of it. we do know that senate republicans will be releasing at least a draft discussion o...

More heart. even before the senators put it on the bill, he has thrown them under the bus. why do you do anything for this guy? why do you risk your -- >> i've been asking that question for a long time. >> why do you risk your political future for this guy if he's going to just throw you under the bus, which he will? >> senate leader mitch mcconnell said a discussion draft of the senate health care bill will be available tomorrow morning. >> how long will the public have to read this bill? how many days? >> plenty of time? >> a week? >> we've been discussing all the elements of this endlessly ...