clearly as he did last time saving his space to be the republican elder at the last minute. and remember that the arizona governor also supported the so-called skinny repeal bill that mccain voted against that late night vote in june. it s not completely up to what governor ducey wants. you can see how republicans dried to deal with the concerns that senator mccain laid out. they are having a couple hearings next week over the graham/cassidy legislation and will have a partial cbo score on the cost of the bill. it s not going to include how many people gain or lose coverage from the legislation. what s the impact on premiums, and is that a fair process. i m not quite sure. it s a shift back to the states under this bill. a lot of things decided in washington, the money washington decides how to spend, go back to states. states get the medicaid money. you ll have 50 if you have it
network. and joining this program, at least with me hosting for the first time, republican congressman charlie dent. thank you for being here. kelsey, do you have an answer to the question. does john mccain pave the way for other republicans who are uncomfortable with the graham/cassidy legislation? i think it s very likely that he does. so right now we know for sure that mccain is a no and we know that senator rand paul is also a no. he went on a tweet storm earlier today reminding people why he wouldn t vote for this. he says it s not a full repeal of obamacare. then we have senator susan collins who we count as being a likely no. she s leaning no but hasn t really said yet. she s waiting for the official score, official report of how many people would likely lose coverage and how much this would cost. if she comes out as a no, that gives people the political cover they ve been looking for to say this isn t going to work and i can t join in. we haven t seen that happen but i would