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Rule of law and keep eye on the executive branch. >> there are plenty of republicans lining up to praise the president. it's not something that isn't happening. the idea he could suggest his dad is being hung out to dry, doesn't pass the laugh test. >> but channelling the grievances of his father. this is how i feels, he feels isolated, that no one is protecting him and that's why the people he enjoys most are those that go on cable news and defend him and that's why they get phone calls afterwards thanking them. >> on that, we're going to say thank you and good-bye. jonathan and betcy, pleasu...

And the idea to put an ideal in a democracy. >> if this doesn't pass and it just fall as -- apart -- just g for it with a second. if you're a governor from a purple state, it's in your blood to work across the aisle, and you've been there for six months, knowing the atmospherics where you are, do you think there's any real possibility, that democrats and republicans can start together and figure out a way to find a bipartisan solution here? >> there's lots of ways to strengthen our insurance markets and work for a bipartisan solution. i never give up hope for that. the people in new hampshire ...

Lot more over the next 24 hours. >> ken, this is probably not what you envisioned the obamacare repeal would look like. what do you make of the process and where it's going? >> it's interesting, you hear the staff comment of whoever named this skinny repeal ought to be kicked in the face because it doesn't trick people enough into thinking this is real repeal. these folks have campaigned for years. they've made half careers, whole careers for some of them, out of campaigning against obamacare. here it's time to deliver and now they don't want to deliver. some of them are downright vehement abo...

Be very harmful to their people. it's disingenuous to say okay, democrats we failed to do something now it's your turn. what mitch mcconnell said was as you recall, look, if this doesn't pass, we'll have to work with democrats. i'm sorry he thinks he has to work with democrats. we're open to working with our republican colleagues. certainly i'm open to working with tomorrow co cole, a good f mine and we can move forward. there are things that need to be fixed. the small market is not working as well as they should and counties don't have coverage. we need to make sure that middle class taxpaye...

Republican senators have advocated and voted for this in the past. we'll see what happens. >> and do you believe the motion simply to start the debate -- you have the 50 votes you need to at least begin the process? >> i think so. and if the clean repeal doesn't pass, and if the senate leadership plan doesn't pass, then i think we begin the process of voting on variations of smaller ideas and see how many ideas we can come to agreement on. this is something i've been talking about for nearly a year is -- let's start small and see how many pieces of repeal we can all agree on. we may find we ca...