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Opinion that we're not approving the policy, we're only saying that this is for the most part within the law. so i think many people, especially among the conservative side who expected him to essentially be an ide idealogue. a number of people are saying impeach john roberts, that's how angry some people will be. >> we appreciate you making time for us. as always, it is such a pleasure to speak with you. thank you, michael. and we will be right back with our news nation gut check.

It. but it also turned out that fife justices said it is a legitimate use of congress's taxing authority. so what happened is chief justice roberts joined the conservatives in saying you can't justify the law under that commerce clause argument, but then he switched and joined the liberals, but you can justify it as a legitimate use of the congressional taxing power and that's what made the difference. so a 5-4 decision upholding the law, saying it's a legitimate use of the congressional taxing power. there's another part to this, 26 states have challenged another part of the law and said if t...

Be politically possible and i resisted this area when i ran for office. people who can afford to buy health insurance should take the responsibility to do so. in fact this idea has enjoyed support from members of both parties, including the current republican nominee for president. >> so michael, as they say in hollywood, end scene, is that it? is that the whole argument now that you've got the supreme court's decision in a shell there? ì(lc% to chris's point, the last poll i saw, i believe it was in the exit poll, 7% of americans called health care their top priority in this election, this g...

Medicaid system. >> and pete, you like so many others were wise enough to caution people from reading in between the lines, reading the tea leaves, you had so many who were darn sure, i don't want to use a swear word, but they were darn sure that chief justice roberts would rule against this health care law. >> you can understand that in a way because when the case was argued, the justices seemed very skeptical, including justice robert. you listen to the questions that get asked and whatever side that asks the most hostile questions are going to lose. by that measure, it looked bad for the in...

That justices are an umpire, they make sure everybody plays by the rules, nobody ever goes to the ball game to see the umpires. you were banking on kennedy and not justice roberts here. siding with the more liberal side of the court here? >> yeah, i was actually cautiously optimistic that the mandate would be upheld. i'm actually delighted that it was a 5-ç 4 decision to be upheld. kennedy has been the swing vote for too long occupying the position that justice o'connor occupied before her and justice powell occupied for o'connor. >> we'll talk more about justice roberts, but there was also ...