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Texas, for example, that have not expanded medicaid to get into that medicare like public option, you would otherwise be eligible for medicaid. there's a lot to build on here, but of course it does not go as far as medicare for all, which a lot of the former vice president's other poenopponents pushing in the primary. there's some political cost there. >> this does draw a sharp line in the sand between biden and his opponents, especially bernie sanders. is the biden camp at all concerned that this fight is going to alienate that more progressive base? >> reporter: look, this is the major issue...

>> it is a point in the speech that i think a lot of the democratic base will rebel against. this idea that the republicans will come to their senses. that mitch mcconnell, though he doesn't name mitch mcconnell, will work with me. i think the democrats think the republican party is irredeemable at this point. any suggestion of collaboration is not a positive. >> so he's, no question, getting a lot of heat from the base, from the activist base. if you look at cnn's polling of the top three tributes, people democrats say they're looking for in a candidate, three is an ability to work with repub...

The government shouldn't make this decision for women. the hyde amendment, he was taking a lot of heat from, again, the progressive base. he flipped his longstanding position. the feelings about abortion in this poll of caucus goers doesn't necessarily say the details. you know, i want no restrictions. i want as few restrictions as possible. i want federal funding for abortion. it is a response to the sense that the courts increasingly under conservative justices, that roe v. wade is under threat. i'm not sure the two things are analogous. i'd argue, he probably created more problems than he s...

To differentiate themselves from joe biden. and i have to think somebody is writing a debate question that will have something to do with this topic because it is one of those issues that is so important to the younger progressive base of the democratic party and one that i think people will want to see joe biden pinned down on a specific answer. >> is that where they put the debate staff, down in the do dungeons. >> reporter: we're not supposed to talk about it. >> and all the female senators running for president are not just against the hyde amendment, they are co-sponsoring a bill to overt...

When 2010 democrat kirsten gillibrand called out by chris wallace after a major flip-flop on the second amend machined and the nra. >> you represented that upstate new york district, you boasted an "a" rateing from the nra. now, you a boast "f" rating. it sounds like it's more politics than principle. >> realizing not every part of this country is like my rural upstate district. >> is she the latest dem trying to rewrite the political past and appeal to a more progressive base. here to debate is manny gunastara and kelly hyman. i had to look at my notes for your name there. we begin with kelly...