role at this point? they can't like these numbers? >> let me tell you, we heard the vice president saying this is the beginning of the end of obamacare. if they go through with this half-baked plan this will be the beginning of the end of the republican congress. and a lot of those people who are going to be putting their careers on the line for this sort of jumbled together plan that's going to strip a lot of people of their health care two years we will be watching congress from their living rooms and not from the capitol. >> all right. steve schmidt is joining us, msnbc contributor, replican strategist. if you're a republican congressman what matters more to you, pushing this thing through, no matter what it smells like, or not getting it through, and get the finger pointed at you. guess what republicans couldn't get anything done. what's worse? >> well, i mean they have two bad options, stephanie. >> it's always a good situation. >> at the end of the day here, if they do not have a vote to repeal obamacare, after promising the american people for years taking 60 plus votes,