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Won't hear new policy. i think the way the white house views this, it's a closing argument. the way this week has gone -- look, on sunday and monday i think the assumption was, wow, this thing's going to become a partisan fight. just like health care. democrats on one side, republicans on the other. here we are already four days later. i think we know the ending of the movie, we just don't know how many republicans are crossing over at this point. it looks like they're pretty close to something. now this feature is being used as a closing argument as to why it's being done. it may be the last ...

Pared down bill, will the republicans continue to run against this? >> it's not going to be pared down. they are going to pass this obnoxious senate bill approved by the senate on new year's eve, stuffed with pork. this is a pretty remarkable year we've had. the concept of health care reform had a 2-1 advantage when the process began a year ago. today if you ask over the last couple weeks these questions and polls about do you approve the bill that the democrats are pushing, 60% disapprove. 38% approve. if you average all those polls. that's a pretty remarkable decline in support when the pres...

Been so intent on defying the american well. the time for choose is near. do what the party leadership demands or do what the people have asked you to do. >> it's all extremely complicated. a game of three level chess going on here. still trying to lock down votes. one thing we can count on, this next week in washington will be full of legislative action and the stakes could not be higher. >> i know the white house doesn't want to go here, but is there a fall back option if the plan doesn't get passed? >> this is the fall back option, alex. all year long over the past 12 months we heard the po...

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