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Care, without the individual mandate, the whole law collapses. and again, i believe that the decision that was made by this administration last week is a game changer because it will and has now demonstrated cracks in the coalition behind this law. and i think you're going to see bipartisan support to go in and try to come down on the side of the people, not just business on this mandate issue. >> we're going to watch very closely, i agree with you and your interpretation of the law. the president doesn't have the option, just changes it because he decides to. the biggest issue on conservative...

Care, without the individual mandate, the whole law collapses. and again, i believe that the decision that was made by this administration last week is a game changer because it will and has now demonstrated cracks in the coalition behind this law. and i think you're going to see bipartisan support to go in and try to come down on the side of the people, not just business on this mandate issue. >> we're going to watch very closely, i agree with you and your interpretation of the law. the president doesn't have the option, just changes it because he decides to. the biggest issue on conservative...

Ly do all this on day one. excuse me, you will still have a u.s. congress. >> yeah, but he might have a republican u.s. congress. and if they do things under budget authority, they may not need 60 votes in the senate. there's a scary scenario are from knee, whatever moderate bones are left in his body, will be entirely to the right. just the way he caved on the whole tax versus mandate issue. deep down this man is weak. he will capitulate the point his party moves. >> well, even when he had majority, he couldn't get a whole bunch done because of the blue dog democrats nipping at his heels as w...

Leadership? he did it when he was governor on the mandate issue. where has he since? i think the president's statement that we talked about earlier today, he talked about his idea of leadership. he had to change his mind to do this. it was not politically popular. you know -- >> it was anything but politically popular. >> every day, rahm emanuel came to his office and said, mr. president, there's a way to go smaller here. he would say, no. >> this is the narrative. you give this, you know, noble aspiration to obama making this move without any political calculation at all, where if romney make...

The vast expansion in spending, government intrusion and a legacy of debt for the next generation. when they see those things, they recognize that the supreme court is not the end. it's important but there's a lot more to be done in the health area. >> what do you do if it is overturned? >> well, it's going to be a very sad moment for families across the country, because these protections and benefits would be lost. i have to say that this mandate issue is controversial but all the different things that i just described which really are at the heart of the affordable care act, those things are...