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Government shut dourn. in some ways i guess this is a move we should have anticipated. but for the white house it's a surprise and how they respond. this is the case where they could do it in writing. a tv president is not going to want to do that. he's going to want that moment where he can argue his case, and on a whole range of issues, not just the issues related to the shutdown. this is one of the markers of any presidency to try to outline what the agenda will be for the following here and the president is approaching the halfway point of his term. so the white house will have to decide h...

So that's one place that the challenge could go down. >> to john's point, we're not going to see the end of the court fights. >> the irony is it would prevent the new democratic governor that pulling out of the anti-obama care lawsuit. that's one of the reasons scott walker lost the election. at the least, it was extensively debated. it would have stripped away the consumer protections scott walker had to argue that he was supporting even though he was in support of that anti-obama care lawsuit. i think there's a real irony there given that the narrowness of the margin that he lost for that re...

>> that's why i do believe the wiser course, so that we don't shut the government down and that we keep the lights on come next week is to keep this conversation, this debate on a side issue, on a supplemental request, and just focus on keeping this government up and running. and i think that's where we'll end up next week. >> the other thing that's -- there's two more things kind of been thrown into the pot here as you guys are trying to keep the government open and avoid a shut dourn. one is this idea that the health care bill is going to be brought back up. this time, a version of it that a...

Been thrown into the pot here as you guys are trying to keep the government open and avoid a shut dourn. one is this idea that the health care bill is going to be brought back up. this time, a version of it that also has the same problems of the first one in terms of coverage lost. 24 million people estimated by the cbo. but also would essentially allow insurers to charge more for pre-existing conditions. is that the kind of thing you're ready to vote for next week? >> i don't think we're going to get into the issue of losing any type of pre-existing condition reform. i think it was made very ...

Ignorance and incompetence. ignorance when he was asked a question about the bill and all he could say was better, better, better. why didn't he say we're working on state flexibility? >> that's a good point. >> but more importantly incompetence. >> listen -- >> that's not incredibly won ki to say state flexibility. >> we're looking at a government shutdown next week. i have lived through dozens of them as a member, as a staffer. what you do in the week before a shut dourn, you try to remove contentious issues. you try to clear the deck of anything that could lead to a shutdown. this president...