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Cans position on this obamacare issue is today. >> in 2010 the democrats in congress passed the affordable care act to give millions of people health insurance. we banned insurance companies from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions. we established significant new measures to hold down healthcare costs and provided extra assistance to those who needed it. today based on the evidence before us, the aca is work for millions of people who are now covered. according to the "new england journal of medicine," the rate of uninsured has dropped by over 4 percentage points since la...

You said there were two interpretations of numbers. they tend to look at the numbers within their base. within their base, no doubt in my mind, the obama care issue is a motivating issue. the problem is independent voters have basically even in florida, '13, they touted as a victory. independent voters rejected their arguments on obamacare. rejected the repeal, arguments. just didn't vote in large numbers. i would have concerns if i were republican. these are going to be close elections. make no mistake about it. in all of the states. mentioned. shouldn't get worked up. they make a bad bet. on...

Florida, '13, they touted as a victory. independent voters rejected their arguments on obamacare. rejected the repeal, arguments. just didn't vote in large numbenum numbe numbers. i would have concerns itf i wer republican. these are going to be close elections. make no mistake about it. in all of the statesmention . mentioned. shouldn't get worked up. they make a bad bet. on obamacare issue. >> there is another big problem, very quickly with what they have done. they bet as david said. bet the farm on this issue. this is a party that is known in addition to all of the crazy stuff that is goin...

Like all sides would like to get some deal done. there was a lot of talk about should they separate the cr from the debt limit issue and continue -- and now it looks like, you know, this is one big ball of wax at this point, right? >> reporter: yeah. they're all circling around what could be a compromise, but the house republicans want a win on this obamacare issue. they really want to put a skin on the wall for that. and so far the senate proposal, what we know of it, really doesn't give the house republicans a big win or even a modest win on the obamacare stuff. martha: yeah. i mean, when yo...

Americans disapprove of the way republicans have handled this shutdown, showdown, if you will. not great news for the president, though. 51% disapproving how he's handling is. 61% disapproving of how congressional democrats have handled it. there's blame to go around but the white house is looking at the fact that 70% is disapproving of the way the republicans have handled it and that's why we're seeing this hard line from the president saying he's not going to negotiate over the possibility of default. jenna: you said it so nicely for the nice segment. thank you very much. jon: we also have s...