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But it will be interesting to see what they have in mind. quadrupling down on the failures of obamacare with the single payer system. we had that vote earlier thanks to the senator from montana. almost everybody voted present. they didn't want to make a decision about whether they were for or against socialized medicine. the government take over of everything. european health care. only four of them weren't afraid to say they didn't think that was a good idea. maybe that's what they want to offer. we would be happy to have the debate with the american people.

Steve danes offered an amendment democrats could vote for that would be medicare for all. now, alley correct you voted present on that and if so yrgs? >> i'll tell you why. what i said was, thank you for being a republican who understands that our dysfunctional health care system needs fundamental change and we need to join the rest of the industrialized world in guaranteeing health care. thank you very much, senator, a very conservative republican. then i said, senator danes, you get four or five other republicans to vote for this and you vote for it. i think we can pass this thing. needless ...

Their ideas? it will be interesting to see. what they suggest as the way forward. for myself, i can say, and i'm pretty safe in saying for most people on this side of the aisl aisle, bailing out insurance company with no thought of any kind of reform, not something i want to be a part of, and i suspect that not many people over here that are interested in that. it will be interesting to see what they have in mind. quadrupling down on the failures of obamacare with a single-payer system. we had that for a little earlier thanks to the senator from montana.

>> reporter: hey, craig. this afternoon we'll see a symbolic vote in which republicans try to put democrats on the record, whether or not they'd be in favor of going to a single-payer system. think of this a getting campaign ad material up front and easy before 2018. later tonight, potentially much plaiter, we'll see the vote on the skinny repeal, basically whatever the republicans can put together to get to 50 votes. that's what we've come down to here is republicans basically saying we're going to get rid of the individual mandate and whatever our membership will let us take beyond that and ...

Healthier. and give waivers to states to find ways to lower costs in several states. my final point, three states, account for 40% of the overall resources from obamacare. >> melissa: what's your point on that, make them pay for themselves? >> california passed recently going to a single-payer system. where they want all folks to be in one category of health insurance. >> melissa: would you give them a federal dollars or deny them money to do that? >> we would make it equitable for all americans.