then i think the republicans are doing the right thing to hold off. they're pushing for the kind of changes that make it palatable, and it keeps the republican train from going off the rail ands getting a lot of people hurt and getting the party thrown out of office in a couple of years. uma: we're already hearing that amendments are going to be proposed to the bill even if it does pass in the house, that the conservative members who are really having really some concerns about what's being offered up right now are already going forward and saying we're going to put forth amendments. what do you think that's going to do to the process, and how much do you think trump has to be a factor in all of this in terms of getting a deal through? >> well, if it improves the bill, it's better to slow it down and get it right than speed it up and get it wrong. there's an old saying that it costs less to do it right than it does to do it over, and politically that's really true. it could be very costly not to get this right. and in this attempt to say we've got to get it done by a certain time period -- uma: that's what i was wonder e