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Senate. democrats say they want to save obamacare, change obamacare, improve obamacare. republicans are looking at this idea that they would replace it. the president mentioned the individual mandate. that is the portion of obamacare that requires nearly every american to purchase or have health insurance. now that that is done, does a number of analysts say that portion of obamacare could very well unravel, but there is still a very large part of the law, including the expansion of medicaid. all of that will be up for grabs as a lawmaker tried to figure out what to do with the future of healt...

Not offer enough. there was relief. >> obamacare was hardly perfect. it did a lot of good things, but it needs improvement. and i hope one part of turning that page is that we go back to regular order, working the committees to gather to improve obamacare. >> improve obamacare, that is what democrats want, republicans are dealing with not being able to deliver on a campaign promise so far. >> you know, it is not over until it's over. and being defeated is temporary. what is permanent is giving up. and i can tell you i'm not going to give up. >> most folks on both sides of the aisle, they had t...

Two, so you really need republicans that are very, very, very committed to it, and you see there what happened with congressman blom. he was a no, then became a yes vote on this health care bill. then he walks out of an interview with not a difficult question. he should be able to answer that. and then sort of wilts when he's pressured at his town hall. do they have the intestinal fortitude to push through on this one? >> well, certainly it seems that representative blom doesn't. and i think that's someone that probably needs to start working on his resume. look, the problem that republicans a...

Their coverage. so republicans are running into the truth and their lies over the past seven years are being exposed, and they're going to continue to get that type of treatment at town halls. >> shermichael, one second here. you can say what you want. but you come at it from a different perspective in that you think obamacare is deeply flawed and needs to be changed in a major way, if not repealed and replaced, but you also know that republicans are being forced to get behind a bill here, the house bill, which isn't great in your mind. >> no, it's not a great bill. and i'm sure you guys remem...

In the republicans' quest to repeal and replace obamacare, the scene has now shifted to the senate, where today members of a key working group are trying to hammer something out, but for one republican in the house, while the vote may be over, the battle looks like it's just beginning. with the health care debate sparking intense town halls nationwide, iowa congressman rod blum now won't let people into his town hall unless they can prove -- he is screening them -- they can prove that they live in his district. and when asked by a reporter if that decision was fair to all iowans, here's what h...