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Senator strange and will support him in the runoff. >> the white house has knowledge that i don't and i'm not allowed to comment on political elections that are ongoing. i am not going to weigh in. i'm sorry, i can't comment from behind the podium about elections that are upcoming. >> my other question is a political question as well. two united states senators heller of nevada, and jeff flake of arizona face spirited primary challenges. state representative justin simmons, a strong supporter of the president in pennsylvania declared his accountsy against congressman charlie dent, who announce...

There and as you look at the possibility of the white house going back to its campaign staff in states where both senators heller and collins are at saying we're going to try to get them and pressure them to move toward voting for the senate health care bill. what are you hearing about that and will this work? this afternoon protrump pulled down against heller earlier on. >> yes, exactly. i don't see honestly much chance of that working, richard. it is true that you might be able to turn out the president's most ardent supporters for repeal and replace but at the electorate at large it is an u...

Democrats. do you agree with her? should universal health care be a platform for democrats going forward? >> well, i think our goal has been to steadily increase the number of americans who have access to affordable quality insurance. it is certain lay long term go we would have universal access. in many states where there is only one insurance company providing coverage on the markets, providing an earn thety public option would make a lot of sense to me. in this environment where we're going to be fighting tooth and nail to stave consumer protections, and to save the affordability and access...

Willing to do -- we need to work to address this emergency right now. and i think, you know, in the presidency of george bush, congress understood that it was indeed an emergency. it continues to be an emergency for people. and the administration, you know, remains open to finding solutions for this problem. but, you know, people like kathryn hackette and others have already lost their lifeline. and they can't afford to wait three, four, five weeks while you find long-term solutions. that's why it was so important, and i'm so heartened by the fact that the senate acted today. >> so is that a y...

The next three months won't increase the nation's debt. why not cut spending elsewhere? there's a lot of waste, as you know, out there. and do it and get this done with once and for all. >> it's interesting, wolf. president bush signed an emergency unemployment compensation extensions five times with no strings attached. just last month, the congress acted in a bipartisan fashion to extend the so-called doc fix. that's the payment to medicare doctors for three months, no strings attached. what this bipartisan bill in the senate from senator heller and senator reid does is just that. let's pass...