gifr him the benefit of the doubt, and i know what, i do give him the benefit of the doubt. i do all the benefits he claims will turn to something. >> he talks about bill cassidy's personal commitment to protect families with preexisting conditions, such as kimmel's newborn son's harrowing open heart surgery. will it stall the momentum of the republicans' last ditch effort to pass the obamacare repeal before the deadline? joining me, chuck todd, host of mtp daily right here on msnbc. chuck, let's talk health care. this is touch and go. there has been a lot of benefits offered to alaska after the alaska governor and other republican governors came out against this. and alaska, of course, is critical because lisa measure c -- murkowski's vote is hanging in the balance. >> one of the things i heard