congresswoman, they are saying if the bill doesn t pass, they are going to move on to other policy issues beyond health care. obamacare could be what we dp that s the if that s the case, is that something we can work with or improve? there s no question we can improve the obamacare. medicare was not perfect before first being signed into law. h it had many variations. we have to have cost containment, making sure physicians can t own ancillary medical services where they jack up the usage. and there s lots of areas we could be working on to bring down the costs and there s nothing, frankly, in this legislation that s going to address costs, except for
reporter: if the bill doesn t pass, does the president still have confidence in i think he answered that question earlier today. reporter: does he think he should step down? answered that question earlier and said he did. asked and answered. reporter: whatever happens, how will we get a response from you all? electronically or verbally but one of the two. peter? reporter: thank you, sean. this is the president s first foray into sausage making process, so to speak. has he reflected the experience and how does it differ from a negotiated business deal are real estate deal. more complicated, trickier. what s his feelings about it? i think we ll have plenty of time to reflect on it after we do this. so i ll, i know that i ll just leave it at that for now. kristen? without prejudging the outcome thank you. reporter: does the president regret pursuing health care first given how
no, not at all. if the bill doesn t pass, should the speaker resign? should paul ryan resign as speaker of the house? absolutely not. this has been a eat am effort on the republican behalf. at the end of the y i don t think that s necessary. the president has made a very, very strong case as to why everything if it doesn t pass, can the president still have confidence in the speaker to deliver his caucus if it doesn t? i understand the question, eric, but i m not thinking that way. fascinating exchange there from fox news tonight, the questions even raising the whiff of the speaker of the house resigning. again, that was sean spicer a short time ago tonight, being put in the position of defending house speaker paul ryan. but moments ago another story came out in the pages of the new york times, trump the deal maker projects bravado but behind the scenes faces rare
that that s what republicans wanted and that s far from it. and our leadership is saying there s a phase three but that gets frost the messaging so we continue to improve and the net affect is how do we get costs under control for families, how do we get more options so they re not stuck buying a one size fits all plan with the same essential benefits so they can choose a low cast plan and add features as they life-style changes or they age and move through the phases of life. i understand that that s your dream plan but your leadership is also saying this is it. this is the moment, this is the closest we re ever going to get so if it doesn t pass, then what? i think if it doesn t pass we ll look at what it takes to get a better plan. we are very committed to solving this problem. we campaigned on it in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016. so the issue is this falls a bit
this talk about why isn t it called trumpcare and the suspicion was the president doesn t want his name on it in case it doesn t pass. you hear just as often, mark, i m sure, from the middle lane and farther right lane, they aren t asking for it to be called trump either. it s radioactive, with the good you get donald trump, you get support but there s bad with donald trump as well and that goes to the whole issue of credibility but, chris, i have to say before we leave, if you were to get into a pushup contest with anthony scaramucci, who do you think would win? alisyn texted me and said she didn t think scaramucci would win. she doesn t text during the show. she doesn t do that. that s a telltale sign. it s not a contest. andy scaramucci wanted that to happen. he was desperate for anything to work. he was hoping more time may help. you missed the gloria gaynor reference, that was just as good. anyway, mark, thanks so much for the bottom line. thanks, guys.