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To take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. as we said the gop healthcare bill that the house passed today now goes to the senate where it faces an even steeper hurdle and scrutiny. it passed without an actual cost estimate in direct contrast, i should say, to what paul ryan was calling for back in 2009. listen to what he said back then. >> i don't think we should pass bills that we haven't read that we know don't know what they cost. we shouldn't rush this thing through for some artificial deadline. let's get this thing done right. >> repealing and replacing oba...

Would be structured in the affordable care act. there would also be an end to the extra medicaid expansion money that's been so crucial to the funding or insurance of more than 11 million americans through obamacare. you would also have an end to the limits of insurers charging older enrollees just three times more than younger enrollees. this is an age band issue which is a big deal and i think the crux of all of this, what we've seen over the course of the last week that has kind of changed the dynamic of the debate, the willingness to allow states to opt out of price protections for those w...

Much, much worse. >> as embarrasses as it is, you can quote paul ryan who don't know the cbo score and voted for a piece of legislation. >> they said now is the moment they had to close this deal. this is what they campaigned on. >> yeah, you're going to recess, taxes are in june, a lot of folks are cutting taxes, working on a healthcare bill. so yeah, time was of the essence here. i think the mentality is every day we're close door the calender of 2018, it becomes harder to deal with healthcare. i'll be totally canned dud with you. a lot of members of congress on the republican side, they jus...

That's in their dna, cutting taxes so time was of the essence. the mentality was every day we're closer to calendar year 2018 it becomes harder to deal with health care and we have to get it done now. i'll be candid. a lot of members of congress on the republican side, they want to declare victory, they want to go home and tell their base we repeal and replaced obamacare. are they going to do just that? perhaps not but they want to sell that back home. and this is why. midterms are so much about the enthusiasm of your own base of voters, not swing voters, your base. and if they had not address...

Just that, perhaps not. but they want to be able to sell that back home. and this is why. mid-terms is based on the own enthusiasm of your voters. after seven years of voting to repeal it, they would have had a heck of a -- >> are they excited to be about their mid-terms that this is going to hurt republicans and they're going to run on this? >> i think it's immature. at the same time, we don't really know what's going to happen. especially if this is going to the senate or -- >> we have no idea. >> yeah, i think i would be -- i would hold back a little bit. >> but you know in 2010 barack obam...