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List, particularly on taxes, which frankly i think is the real priority here. and anything you do to distract -- >> it's the only priority, chris. >> exactly. >> anything you do from that will take away the political capital we need to get that done. >> that's exactly what i'm hearing from folks within the organization. and they are petrified that trump will collapse before this is accomplished. they really look at this as a singular moment. they dread the obamacare question right now, that the dog is caught in the bumper of the car and being dragged pretty hard by that one. >> right. >> they'...

Having a debate about -- did he go out and say this and then wanting it back and the sort of partial walk-back strikes me as part of what you're saying. my sense is exactly the way you lay it out, which is the thinking around the house republican leadership is, we've got a once in a generation chance to go through this punch list, particularly on taxes, which frankly i think is the real priority here. and anything you do to distract -- >> it's the only priority, chris. >> exactly. >> anything you do from that will take away the political capital we need to get that done. >> that's exactly what...

Tells me to expect the white house to make concessions on these budget items. there is one huge challenge ahead and that is what to do about obamacare. republican leaders and the white house are still not on the same page despite the fact that the president has talked about getting rid of obamacare very early on in the administrationmeadministration. one sign is when the president acknowledged to people here, some healthcare ceos, he said that nobody knew that healthcare could be so comtated. >> he said he's not going to be able to deal with tax cuts, corporate tax cuts, for the wealth any, an...

Always pushing for some way to defund obamacare be it legislatively. they always want to defund obamacare. that seems like they are playing to the crowd. >> ted cruz has made a career at this point argument, i'm the only one who has stood up to mainstream republicans in congress. >> i must say donald trump's a absence at this event is a huge opportunity for ted cruz who very badly needs some oxygen. needs some running room and as we could see there, he was taking it. interesting too the other night in the debate obamacare did not come up with single obamacare question. >> donald trump also hel...

What does this mean for obamacare moving into 2015? >> there's a wild card here. so, if there were no wild card, i would say the obamacare question would kind of go silent for the next two years. republicans would still politic on it, obviously, but the idea they would pick a big fight or a spending bill or debt limit bill to chip away or roll back obamacare, i think those days are behind us. there's a supreme court case that will be heard and decided in the coming year, which if the court's conservatives rule together with the challengers, it will basically wipe out obamacare subsidies and mo...