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Together soon a repeal only bill is also on the table. >> dean heller voted for that repeal effort. the way we look at it, if it's too difficult for republican to come together let's take care of the first step and appeal. todd young from indiana who was in the house voted for the bill, too. you have 50 members on record having voted for that recently. that's an option. then at that point if you've repealed it, you can come back with a replacement effort that could be more bipartisan. >> joining me now democratic congressman jeffries co-chair of house policies and communications committee maki...

Having voted for that recently. that's an option. at that point if you repealed it you can come back a replacement effort that's more bipartisan. >> one of those 50 votes is the republican majority leader mitch mcconnell. speaking to reporters he said he intends to continue the negotiations while joking about the president's campaign slogan late friday. the associated press relaying this quote from the majority leader saying quote it's not easy making america great again, it is. meanwhile the u.s.a. today finds there will be over 1370 counties with only one affordable care act exchange insurer...

From this weekend. >> dean heller voted for that repeal effort. and it's a way to say if the replacement part is too difficult to come together let's take care of the first step and repeal. if you repealed it, come back with a replacement effort that could be more bipartisan. >> that's one of the things that republican -- at least the trump white house and folks who are allied with them sort of like about this. they can do the repeal part, keep a big part of the promise to the voters. do the repeal in one step and then maybe include these democratic voters as they try to get to the repeal part...

Bill. that's why 10 gop senators have sent a letter to senator mcconnell so they can stick around to work on healthcare instead of rushing through a bill that lacks the support it needs to pass. >> let's bring everybody into the room. let's cancel the august work period. let's have hearings and get to work on something that works better than obamacare. reporter: the president suggested if republicans can't pass a repeal and replace bill, they should re-peel first. new york short said their preference would still be to do it all at once. >> if the replacement part is too difficult. let's take c...

At that point if you've repealed it, you can come back with a replacement effort that could be more partisan. >> perry, does that make sense to you, that somehow democrats would get on board with a full repeal of obamacare followed by a replacement determined by the 50 republicans that control the votes in the senate? >> what they're really laying out is you have a repeal and then you basically have like a ticking clock where in two years or in one year all of obamacare goes away. it's basically sort of like a debt ceiling threat. and then you bring democrats to the table that way. it's odd be...