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On principle even if it was tough to do it. >> trace: senator ayotte, stand by, if you would. i want to bring in doug holtz eakin. he was director of economic policy during john mccain's 2008 campaign. he knew this photo very well from a staffer reunion last year. doug, welcome to you. you see this. i heard you talk a few times about this. i want your thoughts as you watch the ceremony today and you watch this ceremony at the airport. there's the great picture of you and senator mccain. i want your thoughts on how you believe this was handled. >> i think it was a chance for the whole world to ...

35%. that is something that is a record low for every president dating back to eisenhower in the first term of the presidency. so in modern polling, this president has a low rating. that's just not because of legislative achievements. that's because of the full picture of what's going on here. of course, the russia investigation, all the president, you know, his travel ban, everything he says that has been controversial, that is all factored into this here, but white house officials hope that this big achievement will actually help lift some of those numbers. that is their hope and belief. and...

You're getting less insurance for it in the end. so again, within a few hours we'll have all of the math done whether we can give you an apples to apples comparison. remember this you'll hear people saying premiums will be lower by 2020, all the way through to 2026. you'll pay less but also get less. >> stay with us. joining me now is doug holtz eakin, a former executive of the cbo. you have explained a lot of these kinds of reports to me. explain the good news and the bad news for senators who are asked to consider this in a very short timetable. and make tough votes for a lot of them. >> wel...

>> because it's a loser. >> it's a losing cause. you have to give paul ryan credit for walking into the lion's den. this white house if they have numbers favorable to them. boy that c bo, they're really terrific, but on numbers unfavorable, they're lousy coming up with number of people that are going to lose their insurance. you can't have it both ways, just doesn't sound like a credible argument. >> we want to talk to dug holtz eakin. before we talk let me play a little bit more of sean spicer today talking about this bill

not the best of weeks for the romney campaign. it was already under fire from friendly sources as not ready for primetime when a senior adviser said that obama care is fine for when buying insurance is a penalty, not a tax. a big oops in the political world because the republicans have used the supreme court decision to say it is a tax. reset. >> the supreme court said it is a tax, didn't they. so it's a tax, of course. >> too late for the conservative "wall street journal" who blistered the romney campaign for looking confused and politically dumb. mr. romney, it read, promised repu...