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Senator bernie sanders and democrats, more than a dozen democrats roll out a single payer plan, medicare for all. in your view, was it a mistake to roll out single payer while republicans are still actively trying to repeal obamacare? >> look, it's an aspirational goal. i'veong been committed to universal health care that's high quality and affordable for everyone. i know we've got a long way to go. i am a staunch supporter of the affordable care act because it got us to 90% coverage and we only had 10% more to go. i think this last gasp threat that the republicans are posing is incredibly ser...

President has, you know, some sort of subtle, thought-out plan here. >> no. we can bank on that, gene. we're good. >> i mean, he doesn't -- he may be betting that in the end north korea doesn't attack and so he looks tough and he looks like he's sort of talked them down. although, to what end? it's totally unclear. it's a very, very dangerous game he's playing. it's a dangerous situation he inherited. he didn't create the situation but he's making it worse rather than better. >> here is the problem. you mentioned sleepless nights, gene. the president of the united states has sleepless nights. ...

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Table. we have to fight that battle first. as you can see, while we've had some good support just this past friday, we have to make sure that we execute on this this week and continue to win this debate. >> harold. >> senator campbell, good morning, harold ford. what are your ideas about how to change or amend or improve the obamacare affordable care act in the short term as we talk about the games coming up. and are there any elements that would fix it that are involved in the bipartisan piece of legislation that looks to be being worked on by the two of them? >> i'm always for something that...

Happens on this vote coming up, maybe thursday, friday, saturday. even barack obama said that the affordable care act needs to be revamped. there are some changes that everybody knew was coming down the road. and yet, it seems like, you know, we're just sitting around here doing the same thing over and over again. what happens if the bill goes down? is there a chance that there's a bipartisan plan that republicans and democrats can put together that will be around ten years from now? >> well, the task at hand is affordabili affordability. that is why my colleagues who were suggesting that you ...