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>> we are going to be relentlessly focused on the issues that matter to the people, first and foremost lower healthcare costs, provide better, stronger coverage from prescription drugs to premiums. we democrats are going to continue to press our republican colleagues for better, more comprehensive health care. paul: senate minority leader chuck schumer promising to make health care part of democratic agenda in the next two years as the party looks 2020, polls show that health care was top issue for voters in the midterm elections, with democrats stoking fear that is republicans would end cover...

Republican primary. i said a double bind. look at this. let's say he went and won the republican primary. look what he's up against in the general election. this is his approval rating with all voters in arizona. republican, democrat, it's basically no better. 30% approval rating. this is the least popular republican up for re-election in his state. republicans looked at them and said, you know what, you're not friendly enough to donald trump. democrats looked at him, independents looked at him and said you know what, you're too friendly to donald trump. so if you're flake ask you move closer ...

Been polls showing double digits up on flake. if he was going to beat someone like kelly ward, he would have to move a lot to the trump side just to have a prayer in the republican primary. i said a double bind. look at this. let's say he went and won the republican primary. look what he's up against in the general election. this is his approval rating with all voters in arizona. republican, democrat, it's basically no better. 30% approval rating. this is the least popular republican up for re-election in his state. republicans looked at them and said, you know what, you're not friendly enough...

Schiff, the top democrat on again the house intel committee here looking at this and saying, hey, president obama didn't do enough. i mean, his own party, barack obama's own party, one of his major lieutenants, if you will, being critical of the former president and what he may have done. >> it's an absolutely legitimate question and i think you're going to see some kind of sniping from even democratic lawmakers who are frustrated that they are in the situation they are in now, several months into trump's presidency and they are having to still grapple with the fact that he is where he is and ...

>> so jane, how significant do you think it is that senator heller is against this bill and that he's forced to move to the major ad buy that the super pac is threatening him with? >> it's stunning they are running a million dollars worth of advertisement against one of the most vulnerable members of the senate who is up for re-election. and basically not supporting it. if he supports it, he could lose re-election. so it puts him in a double bind. and a lot of republicans on the hill need to know if this will protect him rather than take him out and playing political hardball with your own tea...