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President and they also needed a heroic return from arizona senator john mccain. >> the insurance care system is a mess. we all know it. those that support obamacare and they know it. something has to be done. we republicans have looked for a way to end it and replace it with something else without paying a terrible political price. we haven't found it yet. i'm not sure we will. >> it's been a very tense day here on capitol hill. you have a sense that democrats were getting antsy with mccain's return, worried that republicans might pull this out. chuck schumer pulled to moderate republicans tr...

Something that's really spectacular. we have a loft options and a lot of great options and the republican senators really went out there. it's not easy when you have 52 senators and you have a block of 48 voting against you, no matter what it is, no matter how good it sounds, it's very hard to get the kind of numbers that we got. we ended up with 51 votes, 51 to whatever. i don't know what it is. yeah, 51 to 50. so we had two republicans that went against us, which is very sad, i think. it's very, very sad for them. but i'm very, very happy with the result. i believe now we will, over the next...

Senator john mccain. the standing ovation, the strength he displayed and the humor. what was that like to be in there? >> well, it was about an hour plus of drama that -- we've seen a lot of drama around here, certainly, in my decade-plus covering congress, almost two decades. but the combination of the legislative drama layered over the human drama with john mccain was like nothing i remember, maybe since ted kennedy came back to vote on obamacare. but even in that time, you know, ted kennedy, they have the same disease, unfortunately, the same brain cancer, but he was already in decline, muc...

The people are sick of it. and we're going to come up with a great healthcare that satisfies the needs of the people that we serve, which is the people of the united states. i will say and i said it at the beginning, healthcare is always difficult. because you have to weed a very, very narrow path like 1/4 inch wide right down the middle. if you go a little too far right, you lose three people on the left. if you go a little too far left, you lose five people on the right. it is a very, very complex and difficult task. but it's something that i actually know quite a bit about. i want to thank ...

Lot of great options. the republican senators really went out there. it's not easy when you have 52 senators and you have a block of 48 voting against you, no matter what it is, no matter how good it sounds, it's very hard to get the numbers that we got. we ended up with 51 votes. 51 to whatever. i don't know what it is. yeah, 51-50. so we had two republicans that went against us, which is very sad, i think. it's very, very sad for them. but i'm very, very happy with the result. i believe now we will over the next week or two come up with a plan that is going to be really, really wonderful for...