certainly they don't want to take responsibility for it. but it's not going to succeed. the path that they have been advocating for is delusional and it's destructive. >> house republicans argue that they have already compromised by moving from a request to defund obama care to just asking for a delay. so how do you respond to the claim that they're the only ones looking for middle ground here? >> well, it's not middle ground to say to 30 million americans that the plan that enables you to get health care is going to be set aside. it's not middle ground to say to our small businesses which will get a much better deal by going to an exchange than they are negotiating by themselves that you have to may a much higher price. it's not fair to individuals who are in the same situation and it's certainly not fair to folks who have pre-existing conditions, who say i will never get insurance unless we have a structure that creates this opportunity and gets rid of these insurance company abuses of the past. so we have adjudicated this. we passed it, we had a presidential election that largely was debating this, and we're not going to allow blackmail to take away health