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Boehner, who? there is nobody else to consolidate around. that's his biggest -- >> would anyone else want it? >> that's the other thing. once you get into leadership it's weird. remember how steve skolise was a raging conservative. now he's in leadership. >> we've seen this movie so many time times before. we saw it during the debt ceiling, during the budget shutdown during the payroll tax increase bill. the speaker needs to get a bill through his conservative caucus they balk, he is embarrassed about having to pull a bill from the floor, we talk about his speakership issen endangered. i think...

That is we can't trust the president. so therefore we cannot move forward on immigration reform, which is trying to put the blame on him when in reality a lot of this is being driven by their internal politics. >> greg sergeant analyzes this is cantor's attempt to deflect from the fact he's proposed legalizing the dreamers and that's not been met with cheers in his party so he has to take a hard tact against the white house. >> you know, leadership thought this winter they were going to be bring together the conservatives and moderates and maybe conservative democrats and find an alternative t...

Replace it entirely with many reforms for our health care program. we want every arkansasen, we ant every american to have quality, affordable access to health care." "many reforms for our health care program." that is a new one. what's missing in that non-answer is, of course, a very clear answer to the question. would you get rid of the medicaid expansion in your state? yes or no? and herein lies what i think we have found to be the soft underbelly of the anti-obamacare republican candidates this year. it is the medicaid expansion. with a hat tip to "the washington post's" greg sergeant, who...

We want every arkansasen, we ant every american to have quality, affordable access to health care." "many reforms for our health care program." that is a new one. what's missing in that non-answer is, of course, a very clear answer to the question. would you get rid of the medicaid expansion in your state? yes or no? and herein lies what i think we have found to be the soft underbelly of the anti-obamacare republican candidates this year. it is the medicaid expansion. with a hat tip to "the washington post's" greg sergeant, who noted a few more non-answers, including terry lynn land of michiga...

Us tonight. i want to read to you what senator patty murray said to "washington post" to greg sergeant, the plum line blog there earlier today. she said "with this vote the era of economic hostage taking and ransom demands should finally be behind us." do you agree with her? is this era now officially over? >> well, i agree with her that it should be behind us. it remains to be seen. this has been a pretty unpredictable republican conference. what today shows is that even speaker boehner, when push came to shove, you got to give him credit, he knew where to go to get the votes to do the right ...