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Doesn't it read like she's dismissing some in the top tier? >> sure it does. speaker pelosi, she's trying to encourage a more moderate type democratic type candidate. however, that won't work in this political climate. be honest, speaker pelosi came from the left of the party, became the first woman to be speaker of the house and she's able to politically orchestrate some of the most amazing ventures in politics, including the affordable care act. outside of the spectrum of politics we have a people connection issue and moving into the arena you have to win the election that is in front of you...

Invite all 100 senators, republicans and democrats, to the white house so we could have a real conversation. we have said from the beginning that if republicans want to work on improving the exchanges, on reducing the cost of prescription drugs, we're all in. we can work with them. but if they're going to remain focused on blowing up parts of the affordable health care act that work in order to give tax cuts to the wealthiest. i think warren buffett said he would get a $660,000 a year tax break. that focus just means denying tens of millions of americans access to health care, as the congressi...

Forward, fixing the exchanges and then address the larger issues that need to be fixed. >> so, i'm just trying to figure out where you are in 2018 when it comes to democrats getting behind this single payer option. will you encourage democrats on the ballot to fight that fight? >> well, i think it's a practical solution. every senator will have to decide for him and herself exactly what proposals they think will improve the exchanges. i think we have fairly broad consensus in the democratic caucus in the senate that that is an important step. it might not be unanimous. it is clearly something ...

Enforcing the individual mandate and the actions that republican took. if republicans would stop making the problem harder and work with us to fix it, there are common sense things we can do and i will say, you know, i heard i think it was senator johnson say he didn't want to do a public option, but a public option within the exchanges, number one guarantee insurance coverage anywhere in the country, number two, create more competition and drive down premiums and number three, the cbo says it will drive down the tax credits. >> are you suggesting you're moving closer to what senator bernie sa...

Single payer option, the public option, democratic senator jay rockefeller of west virginia who chaired the senate commerce committee. great to see you. your reaction to this, your response to today's ruling. >> i'm pretty happy. andrea. you know qiq9ñ we worked on it a a long time, i know it's not necessarily popular, and that's because it's not well understood and the reason it's not well understood is that we did it from the ground up out in the open. so there was confusion, but i'm proud of the product, we'll continue to tweak it and make it more acceptable. but one part that i'm not happ...