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Focus of the criticism today. let's bring in the panel. stephen hayes, editor-in-chief of "the weekly standard." mollie hemingway, senior editor at "the federalist" and charles lane, opening writer for "the washington post." let's talk about the substance. what this bill does and what he doesn't do. >> this bill does not repeal and replace obamacare. it keeps most obamacare taxes and spending but block grants to states after 2020. the main selling point is flexibility. lindsey graham making the argument that states are going to be able to do they want, they can experiment in the manner they wa...

It has nothing to do with hurricanes and sneaking it through. it has everything to do with the fact that republicans can't do this via reconciliation after september 30. >> bret: "the federalist" will probably say it's not the ultimate federalism. >> that's the big argument. it allows flexibility in the states. they can do they want. you can see which ideas work better. there's a little bit of an inherent bias cooked in. if you want to move towards single-payer you don't need a waiver from hhs. if you want to test out market reforms, you do need a waiver. with that being the case and the need ...

Pharmacy is about 20% of the benefits. everything else in there are things like mental health, that people don't know if they're going to need, but they also are not very expensive. people want to know that when they get a policy, they can rely on it and senator alexander -- i think we should let senator alexander run with it and at the end of this if we get to a place where both parties are committed to making this thing better, will be better off. >> jon: single-payer is what democrats want. the government pays for everything, do you like that? >> idling us what we should be debating right n...

Keeps 90% of obamacare in place. graham cassidy is not repeal or replace, it is more obamacare light." and this is just interesting right now, chuck schumer, because we mention his name, so -- i'm not saying he has an event because we mention him, but wild, he is having an event. later to push against this, but democrats, how do they win if they promise to be bipartisan? >> christopher: at no point will this bill be bipartisan. maybe if they persist through on a partisan level, maybe they can come around and do some tweaks, but i doubt it. any bill that is not bipartisan is going to have a lot...

>> bret: we should have put the list that didn't get through. it's a little bit further out there. >> the regulation issue is huge. they have the ability to hurt businesses all over the country because they have such a large market. the idea -- you have people in california who think illegal immigrants should be able to vote but that a person who is eligible to be president should be placed on the ballot if he doesn't hand over his private tax records. that's something that i'm -- i don't know enough of the law to say that i think that would disenfranchise a lot of people. >> pushing for illeg...