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Replacing obamacare. just wanted to give you the lay of the land as we await this -- the results from the vote. also since the last time we spoke a couple minutes ago, additional republican senators have gone to yes's, being senator -- we mentioned senator heller before. also now senator shelley moore capito of west virginia who was a no is saying yes to this procedural vote and also rob portman, senator from ohio, he was a no and now he's yes on this. let me bring in a couple more voices as we await the results. julie rovner, and we wanted to talk to you because you've been covering health ca...

Obamacare status quo. this is the status quo. we had to accept it for a long time. we don't have to accept it any longer. the american people elected a house with a vision of a better way on health care, then they elected a senate, then they elected a president. now, having been given a responsibility to govern, we have a duty to act. the president's ready with his pen. the house has passed legislation. today, it's the senate's turn. that starts with a vote we'll take momentarily. the critical first step in that

I think the hope of the smoenat majority leader is they get on this bill and put it on the fly as they go. >> i was looking at the face of the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, and he is -- what's he, a masterful tactician is what he's been referred to. he's used to getting these votes together and winning, and in this case, this is obviously, well, i shouldn't say that. we never know how this thing is going to end up, because to your point, we don't even know what they're going to be voting on. but what do you think this is like for him, and why are they going through with all of this?...

For -- that's what you think, nia n nia, that he'll be that final vote. >> reporter: you would think. that would seem to be a really symbolic thing. i mean, he came all this way. imagine, i mean, he just had surgery ten days ago as sanjay gupta was saying, so here he is and you imagine that that's the kind of symbolism and moment they would want to have here. that's just my guess as someone who, you know, is thinking about the way they want to put together the optics of this. and then just kind of add -- it's more drama. i mean, not only do we have ron johnson there trying to figure out what h...

Republicans ran on repeal and replace. republicans won back the house in 2010, big year for them. and you see, the numbers basically stayed the same. fast forward, june 2012, this looked like the moment for obamacare. the supreme court were they going to uphold it? shoot is down? it was a surprise. they upheld it, republican votes there, republican appointee votes. again though, right down the middle. then a few months later, you had the presidential election, it did tick up a little bit, little bit more favorable than unfavorable. president obama reelected, and now democrats said, they surviv...