think is beyond debate is that it was essential for barack obama to have harry reid as a partner during the debate over the affordable care act. obamacare would not have happened without the legislative wizardry of harry reid, and barack obama's not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush -- and there's no love lost between those men. george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration's approach to the great recession, and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. >> obama was new to the presidency, and he needed someone like reid in effect to mentor him, to help him along, to help him navigate the very -- you know, the complexities of the senate and the house. he did very, very well with that, and i think harry reid will always be remembered as the father of obamacare. at the same time, one can't