making. they haven't tried 0 build a coalition. do the minimal option. >> and alex, is it possible just by presenting it, just from having rolled up their sleeves secretly going into negotiate it and brepresenting it they've fulfilled their promise to come up with something that actually doesn't have to pass? or would it be political suicide for them if they didn't vote on it and it didn't pass? >> an open question whether the republican base will punish lawmakers if they don't literally repeal obamacare or whether a sense, look, gave it a shot but the washington swamp is a rough one. to john's point, they're caught between, yes, the harm to constituents and pledge to repeal obamacare and caught between the conflicting promises they've made about repealing obamacare. they didn't just say we'll get rid of this law. they said we'll get rit of the law and replace it with