about that vial message. mitt romney weighed in, i can't understand why the president would once again dispar ram a man as complexemplary as john m. just moments ago, we got the roots on the obamacare vote. what have you learned about mccann? >> reporter: anderson, i talked to a former mccain aide who worked with the senator right up until his death and was around for when this repeal and replace vote went down when john mccain gave that now famous thumbs down to the gop repeal and replace plan and angered the us who, angered the president. you heard the president talk about that today. in the word of this aide, nope, never happened. he was not one to consult the white house before he acted and then this aide added the question, you're surprised that