something better. we are trying to deal with an almost infinite need for finite resources and if we don't bring innovation and market forces to bear, we can't solve the equation. >> shannon: they are very specific things he wanted in the house bill that got you on board. some of those things may not show up what we get from the senate. you mention the conference committee. is it possible your vote is lost along the way? as you mentioned, obamacare, republicans say, it is basically going to be in shambles. is it something you really don't want and sticking with obamacare? >> there are so many of those binary choices that you mentioned, and ultimately, i want to do the right thing for the american people and for this country in general. everything in my observation in the last 50 years is that simply throwing a socialist government approach and it nearly always makes it worse. we tried that with the telephone system and it was a disaster and