will change their tune. it seems like many republicans are ready for a bipartisan effort on health care, indeed. my friend senator mccain urged it quite strongly, saying, quote, congress must now return to regular order, hold hearings and receive input from members of both parties. he said that while recuperating in arizona. so, that's how strongly he feels about it. other republican senators have made similar comments. but the republican leaders still plans to ignore their advice and, instead, plans on holding a proxy vote on a straight repeal of our health care first. make no mistake about it, passing repeal without a replacement would be a disaster. our health care system would