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Helping more young people, helping more young people afford college should be at the forefront of america's agenda and it shouldn't be a republican or a democratic issue. this is an american issue. >> president obama in iowa city, iowa, earlier today, reassuring students that he is on their side as the fight over student loan rates just continues. now, the president has really boxed the gop into a corner here. but here comes senator roy blunt of missouri, laying down the groundwork for the republicans' next move. >> why is that rate as high as it is? because it was one of the pay-fors in the p...

>> why is that rate as high as it is? because it was one of the pay-fors in the president's health care plan. you know, if the health care plan goes away, as the court very well might decide, there's no longer an argument about this loan rate, because it was used to take money from students and pay for health care and largely health care for people who aren't students. >> blunt doesn't have a clue. he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. the president doesn't want to fund health care that way at all. meanwhile, speaker john boehner announced late this afternoon that the house will vo...