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Applause line he had at the convention to replace scalia with an originalist is coming true. they had a big bump in the house, but it's been a very good week for the rule of law and the constitution overall. >> and e.j., that's an interesting point, hugh mentioned neil gorsuch, that is something that has been completely overshadowed this week by the debate over health care. and had this bill somehow squeaked through the house today, you're probably looking at several months of other priorities for the administration being overshadowed by this debate over health care, where obviously the pollin...

Obamacare, this incredibly contentious issue, do you think that could be worth second-guessing? >> no, because obamacare would have made tax reform much easier by lowering the baseline. i think tax reform is a bad place to go because there's push-back on getting rid of mortgage rate reduction, the state and local tax deduction. i don't like either of those ideas. a bunch of mainstream conservatives don't. i do think he should go for the defense bill, but do believe a small infrastructure bill, he can get accomplished 100 times more with a tenth of the money that president obama got in 2009. bu...

The president also apparently in these remarks trying to blame democrats, saying the lack of support from democrats is what doomed this republican replacement effort. let's bring back hugh hewitt, e.j. dionne, as we wait to get that tape. hugh hewitt, i think that is an interesting argument, the president apparently trying to make pinning this on democrats. he had paul ryan, though, in the press conference we just played a few minutes ago, paul ryan acknowledging that there were republican hold-outs to keep him from ultimately reaching the magic number, the magic number of 215. and i'm thinkin...

Insurance. so they didn't cut the cord on this voluntarily, they got the cord on this because they couldn't get it done. >> all right. e.j. dionne, hugh hewitt, stand by. we are juggling a lot here. obviously, standing by, waiting for nancy pelosi, the house democratic leader. we are also expecting to hear from the president, from donald trump, from the office office. we'll bring you that as soon as we get it. in the meantime, nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill just at the press conference and is waiting for the next one. kelly, what do you got? >> reporter: in this window of time when w...