the authors. the group of 13 men compiled by the republicans to draft a bill. it has not been a public process. there have been no hearings, and it's been a remarkable turn of events considering what some republicans who are in that working group were saying back in '09 about how obamacare was drafted. >> americans are asking the democrats to put party loyalty aside tonight, to put the interest of small business owners, taxpayers, and seniors first. >> they want to make sure they pass it before the american people find out what's in it because the american people, by nearly two to one according to the cnn poll, don't like what they've heard about the health care bill. >> i want to make sure my health care is not going to be made worse. worse by what's going to happen in the senate between now and the end of the year. >> when americans voted to change washington last year, they didn't think it would be