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Where this really matters. how republican leaders can afford to lose 22 if they want to pass this bill. this is a real issue and one they have to iron out. their final take was, let's put something on the floor, we can change it as we go through when the committee marks it up any type of floor action, things like that, changes can be made but they need the buy-in, john. >> christine romans, to you, home buyers, the various home builders associations have been concerned. what do you see in here that may either delay or fuel their concerns? >> i see something interesting. it preserves the home m...

Hasn't even seen the health care bill because it's hatched and devised in secret. take a listen to her. >> i've got a problem with it. if i'm not going to see a bill before we have a vote on it, that's just not a good way to handle something that is as significant and important as health care. >> do you share her concerns, senator? >> here's how i would characterize it. when you work on something like this, like what i did on immigration there's a group of people that works on it and they put out a package or they put out a bill and that bill goes through the process. floor action, amendments....

Medicaid cuts, and allowing higher premiums on older people. with that in mind, republican senate leaders are already saying they will take a different path from the house, building consensus with an unrushed, deliberative process, and they say they won't begin floor action until the congressional budget office, the cbo, scores the bill's cost and its impact on the uninsured, a process that could take weeks. again, huge changes. this bill is essentially, though, a skeleton. it will be up to the senate to figure out where to put the meat on the bones. we begin our coverage with the latest from ...