wanted to become law. trying to get commitments from speaker paul ryan that the conference would happen. the house wouldn't pass the bill. the speaker at one point late released a statement saying the house was willing to go to conference. that wasn't enough. the speaker picking up the phone, calling several senators including senator senator john mccain, saying, look, we will go to conference, you have my word we will go to conference. in the end, senator mccain in his statement after the vote saying even that wasn't enough. guys, you had the entire apparatus of the republican party, all of their senior officials, working on this. in the end, whether it was susan collins from plane mamaine, lis murkowski of alaska, and senator mccain, it wasn't enough. republican aides make it clear, while obviously they're exhausted, surprised, most thought they would get there in the end, they are clear on one thing -- there is no path forward that they know of now. obviously this has been resuscitated multiple times the last five or six months, so anything can happen. at least at this moment, that seven-year campaign promise, the reason republicans have majorities in the senate, the