current president barack obama. who is the authority on this bill. and can speak to all the lies. it's ted cruz who has manufactured negativity, ted cruz who has scared a lot of americans and created some confusion. they want us to be confused. they think we're stupid, martin. they think that we can't go to a website and read options available to uninsured americans. this is outrageous, and this is a very unique opportunity for the president. and bill clinton, to bring the best out of barack obama in a long sit-down conversation that i think is only going to be productive for every consumer. >> ed, for many years, you've been arguing there audit ought to have been a public option as part of this, but is proving look at the opposition we already have to this, which does not contain a public option. and yet republicans like ted cruz stand up and say they'll defund the government -- sorry, they'll defund the affordable care act in order to continue resolution and pay for the