candidate or fill-in, who is against the wishes of the mccain family, which would be the case, then i think he creates a further argument against himself. that happened in hawaii when the sitting democratic governor went against the wishes of a senator. i think it has a very difficult position. the easier choice is to go with someone the mccain family wants because that s where the votes are. to another topic because the senate is trying to figure out how to honor senator john mccain. you have the minority leader, democrat schumer and jeff flake renaming the building after mccain. republicans, to date, haven t got on board with that. listen to bill kassidy on this. i think russel being named russell is that generation of a message to future generations. i don t want to establish a president so something named after john mccain is named after
senator mike lee that will deal with insurers, allowing insurers to offer plan that is do not fall under the regulations of the affordable care act. this is a key provision they were looking for. there s talk a version of the cruz amendment will appear. mike lee from utah tweeting he has not seen the bill, but the one he and ted cruz wrote will not be in the bill. some version of it, but he doesn t know if he can support it. a very small margin for error if republicans want to get it pass zed. it has been since the beginning. the devil is in the details. we are watch thag closely. it s happening this hour. now to the new, new alternative we can call it. dana bash has more on this. dana, lindsey graham, bill kassidy, they think they have the collusion and can thread the needle. what do we know about what they