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>> democrat and republican governors are going to like the block grant to measure because it will give them greater autonomy and greater ability to meet the needs of their individual citizens. this is always a better thing for governments, by governments to be controlled closer to the people then further from the people. i want the states to be able to effectively meet the need and when you have doctors opting out of programs, states where you only have one provider you do not have adequate coverage. >> jon: what about rand paul's argument that this is trillions of dollars of federal tax money...

I am proud to stand before you, having introduced that legislation in the senate, with 16 co-sponsors. >> sanders and 16 democratic co-sfon sors in the senate mean about one-third of senate democrats support that bill. 120 democrats in the house. that's about two-thirds of the democrats in the house. among those who support the sanders bill, senators harris, elizabeth warren, corey booker. all of those as you know have been talked about as potential 2020 democratic hopefuls. >> neil: do you get a sense from the people you talked to that they were feeling that this was going to drive the democr...

Way. >> let's talk about the health care debate. big health care debate on this network on monday night. graham/cassidy. the sponsors, the authors of the new republican legislation, also bernie sanders, big proponent of single payer with his plan and amy clo shar, who interestingly, hasn't signed on to it. could this be really good for republicans, meaning it's not pitting graham/cassidy against obamacare. it's pitting graham/cassidy against medicaid for all, single payer, et cetera? a politico reporter who tweeted its took 30 seconds for a text republicans frame it as a single payer versus th...

>> i think your fears are absolutely justified. we are watching california -- is heading straight for not a train wreck but a train wreck over a cliff. it's economically impossible to achieve with what they are trying to to do. single-payer at the state level? they are an economy that's one of the largest -- >> sean: state income tax. to speak of the state in the use and make union and productive people are fleeing california. a high network. the idea of graham-cassidy, block grants. all great to rally to. no, as a senator, i took seriously what the leadership of the republican party said when...

Single-payer. that is a $32 trillion price tag. >> diametrically opposed. >> we believe the best way is to move power back to the states where they can find programs working better for them. it's pro states -- >> i accepted. thank you, sir. >> i think we ought to give this approach a chance. we still have an opportunity to do that until the end of next week, but the issue is not going away. we will be dealing with is going forward because this individual marketplace is in free fall. everybody knows that. it's the question of when and how we are going to fix it. >> i really appreciate your time...