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Wiser to work with the freedom caucus on infrastructure reform to build up some goodwill there in that caucus? >> we talked about this since 2010, every republican, with the exception of probably a handful has campaigned from dog catcher on up that they would do everything they could to repeal and replace o'bamacare. to get it and say you should do something else wouldn't be fair to the american people i'll vote for you, but i want you to fulfill this pledge. >> reporter: just finally, does the buck stop with him on this? >> like i said earlier, you can't force someone to vote a certain way. i...

Benefits. white house officials today insisted the president did all he could. >> has the team put everything out there? have we left everything on the field? absolutely. at the end of the day, this isn't a dictatorship and we have got to expect members to ultimately vote to, you know, how they will according to what they think. >> reporter: still, it's a potentially costly calculation by congressional republicans who may have left the chance healthcare reform a major campaign promise go by the wayside. >> cost to dragging it out and saying just keep letting it going. that's where we came to a...

Kind of line of questioning he was getting about whether the vote would happen or not happen. he basically kept saying, the president has done all the president can do. take a listen. >> you can't force someone to vote a certain way. we've -- i think in the sense that has he done every single thing, has he pulled out every stop, has he called every member, has he tweaked every tweak, has he done every single thing can he possibly and used of minute of every day that's possible to get this thing through, then the answer is yes. has the team put everything out there, have we left everything on t...