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Forward since last night, this repeal bill from 2015 would cause premiums to skyrocket, 32 million americans to s ts to lo health insurance coverage and eliminate medicaid expansion so critical in my state and many others in addressing the heroin crisis. it is an irresponsible plan. i'm heartened to hear that senator murkowski joined senator collins and capito to say she won't proceed. we need to really talk about how we move forward to improve the affordable care act, fix what isn't working well and build on the health care system we have so all americans have access to affordable health insu...

Obamacare is -- seems destined to fail. they could only lose two votes, first lost collins, then capito and lisa murkowski with garrett sench hi saying this plan will not go forward. mcconnell proprosed shored-up conservatives. since i saw you last, we spoke to senator rand paul who said he's inclined to be supportive. senator paul, lee, all those conservative senators on board but these moderates it looks like are sending this plan to the dust bin before they've even had a chance to sit down to lunch and talk about it. >> so robert costa, how did the white house get so blind-sided? the presid...

Along that there are not the votes for a repeal without replace. that has been the underlying truth that has caused all of this debate that we have been covering. their strug le to write a bill that would repeal and also replace simultaneously obamacare. so it is pretty clear that that support that has not changed. so the question has become, okay, are there enough republicans who are willing to try and let this process play out, the thinking being if mitch mcconnell can get this bill on the floor, then you will see anything could happen. perhaps they could actually get it done. but now we k...

Leadership, told one of our colleagues, frank thorp, that he sees this as being on a path to normal committee processes that would involve trying to get 60 votes. that seems like a remarkable admission to me about what might go on next. but, again, that lunch that is set to happen here in just about an hour, i think, is going to be crucial and tell us everything we need to know or potentially everything we need to know about the future of this bill. >> you have been staking people out, talking to people along the way, let me play a little bit of rob portman and susan collins, two very importan...