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In their states. especially without medicaid help and the medicaid dollars are going to be cut in this bill. so, at the end of the day, that is the big reason. it's just simple math. the votes weren't there. and mitch mcconnell decided he was going to have to delay this. not unlike what happened in the house of representatives the first time house speaker paul ryan tried to bring this up. he did not have the votes. he said, you know, we're going to wait. actually, at the time, he said we're not going to do this and there was enough of an outcry who said, wait a minute, republicans, you promise...

And nail, and we have a darn good chance of defeating it. a week from now, a month from now, a year from now. senator durban. >> you know, for the last several months with the new republican majority in the senate and the house, we have really seen a national debate on health care. i think it was long overdue. the net result of it, today more americans support the affordable care act than at the beginning of the debate. as people reflected on what we set out to achieve with the affordable care act, they realized how fundamentally positive it was for them and their families. to get rid of the p...

Younger consumer, a younger person. >> right. right. >> and of course under obamacare, it was only three times as much as that younger person. i want to put up a specific example real fast before you react because i think this really helps to paint the picture. a 64-year-old person with an income of 68,500 dollars would pay $6,800 under the silver plan. under the senate plan, that would go up to 20,500 dollars a year so perry, that affects a whole lot of people. >> it does. >> democrats, republicans, americans. >> it does. and this is why it would be wise for the president to call in democrats...

But i think it was more of a consideration when republicans first started talking about opposing obamacare, way back in the 2009-2010 election. it was a big political issue for them. but i think because, you know, it is so beyond that because they've now won majorities in the senate, they've won the white house, they've turned a corner where now this is about delivering, as paul ryan said, on the promise that they have made to their base. so it is less about opposing obama at this point, dismantling his legacy, more about proving that they can actual deliver on what they've been talking about ...

In some ways he attracts criticism that house republicans would be getting and based on that conversation, it seems there's comfort with that. a bit of gratefulness that they are a little out of the spotlight. >> professor, one question on health care because cnn estimates 20 or 21 republicans are set against the republican health care bill to repeal and replace obamacare. politico says the president may make a statement, we need to get behind this bill and get this through. where do you see things right now? >> well, the ryan care bill is obviously in trouble. there are defectors from all sor...