they don't want subsidies. they don't want to expand health care. they had plenty of opportunity to deal with the issue of preexisting conditions for years. they had plenty of opportunity to deal with getting more access to health insurance for years. what did they do? virtually nothing. they don't care. we see that throughout the house debate. we see that with the lies they're telling about what the bill will and won't do. the really question is, at some point, is that what the base really wants. the people who vote for republicans, the few independent voters who they still need to win in some districts, though not all, who need to win in senate-wide races. whether they put up with this. it's easy for people to scream about this but the question is whether the protest will expand behind these confines. >> john, why is it so hard to make policy that doesn't protect preexisting conditions under the goals the republicans have set?