yes, i'll get my insurance through my job like millions of other americans. that's not as shocking -- >> would you take a subsidy from your job, which is the federal government? >> we will follow the text of the law. i strongly oppose the exemption that president obama illegally put in place for members of congress because harry reid and the senate democrats didn't want to be under the same rules as the american people. >> that means you are going to take a government subsidy? >> i believe we should follow the text of the law. >> the law that you want to repeal? >> yes, no. i believe we should follow the text of every law, even laws i disagree with. >> now one key question that the senator didn't answer but his campaign later clarified was about getting a subsidy, taking what is effectively an employer contribution which in his case because he works for by the federal government paid for by the taxpayer. he is not going to take that