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Force them to the table. that would require under the calculation the white house is making repealing obamacare with the two-year sunset. effectively people would be able to keep their coverage for two years and the white house calculation, a number of officials believe, would be to put the pressure on democrats to come to the table and to negotiate on a replacement package. when you talk to democrats and i'm sure kasie has had a number of conversations to this effect, they are not showing any inclination of wanting to go to the table under those circumstances. their argument is, look, we'll s...

Now, majority leader mitch mcconnell is indicating that he wants to still hold a vote on straight obamacare repeal this week. even knowing that it might fail. president trump responding to the collapse in congress this afternoon. >> let obamacare fail, it will be a lot easier. i think were probably in that position where it will just let it fail. we're not going to own it. i'm not going to own it. i can tell you the republicans are not going to own it. we'll let obamacare fail and then the democrats are going to come to us that when to say how do we fix it, how do we fix it. or how do we come ...

>> what are those fixes that you have offered, senator? >> sure. we've talked about making sure that payments are paid to the market so that it is secure. and this president has said he will have lawsuits not make the payments, he's making in a uncertainty in the market create problems. we have talked about offering public options in places where there aren't enough options for people to buy insurance. that will help bring the cost down to american families. we are more than willing to debate all of those in between and to offer those as suggestions, but what i would say to my republican colle...

Deductibles across the board reform. and at this point, hopefully democrats will see how bad the system is and come to the table. >> what specifically is going to happen to bring them back to the table? i mean you're saying it's unsustainable, it can't be supported. >> i would think those things alone should wake up democrats and make them want to come to the table. again, i'm not going to speak for the breaking point of democrats. i can't imagine that as we continue down this road they don't come to the table to try and help save healthcare in this country. >> shepard: the recording of the ...

When we finally get a chance to repeal and replace they don't take advantage of it. let obamacare fail. it will be a lot easier. i think we're probably in that position where we'll just let obamacare fail. we're not going to own it. i am not going to own it. i can tell you the republicans are not going to own it. >> trump made those comments after three republican senators came out and said they oppose the latest senate plan. keep in mind, the house has voted more than 50 times to repeal obamacare, and the senate passed legislation in 2015 to repeal. but when faced with the tricky aspect of se...