ultimately able to pass health care legislation. when they were facing the same sort of basic dilemma, that they had moderates on one side, conservatives on the other, and the health care bill in the middle, that was difficult to satisfy both camps. they were able to find some consensus. it s not an impossible feat in terms of senate leadership. they re looking at this. they re looking at what the house did to try to appease both factions within the republican party. certainly the numbers are different in the senate. each individual no vote yields a lot more influence over the process. you see folks talking about a polar payout, i believe it s being called to polar payout? reporter: right, to cover some of the medicaid costs in alaska, to appease potentially senator lisa murkowski, bring her on board. if recall, i think there s been references to the cornhusker kickback that helped seal the original obamacare vote during the obama administration. so this is not an unusual
now. you think about ohio where they have a big opioid problem, there are others who might be swayed by that. there s a lot of dealmaking like that that goes back into what can i get you that s not related to the health bill that gets you on here? jon: that s what republicans were criticizing so much. the original arm-twisting that led to the creation of obamacare, the louisiana purchase, the cornhusker kickback. less the criticism they are facing is this dealmaking goes on. jon: is it likely that mitch mcconnell is going to throw this in? what we are hearing is right now, a lot of the debate comes around the taxes that are in the affordable care act. whether they pull them all back or leave some in. you mentioned the opioid money, that might have to come from
happened on health care. they were supposed to deliver this. the fact that the white house comes out and says we are having great conversations, and on. mitch mcconnell, brilliant tactician, trying to shift blame in the new york times a few minutes ago the story came out that says want to deal with vice president pence. mitch mcconnell should deliver. bill: he still has time. you go over the fourth of july holiday, independence day. republicans promised independence from the obamacare mandate. they promised repeal of obamacare in the dirty truth is visitors not repeal of obamacare. there is a lot of the mandate still in there. regulations haven t been lifted. we can say they can do their own cornhusker kickback. that s what the republican party is? they are going to do the horsetrading? there is a reason hospital, insurance, big pharmacy stocks have gone up.
supersize accounts. they would get a chunk of chang change. senators from medicaid expansion states want to see more money towards drug addiction, it s not like this has not happened before, neil. republicans criticize democrats back when obamacare originally passed. hammering the bill in secret, and then giving goodies to wavering democratic voters. remember the cornhusker kickback? senator lindsey graham sure doe does. i worry about cornhusker kickbacks, and they start doing that, they will lose me. when you take the money and buy offloads, that is exactly what got us obamacare. i would go against that. lots of weight to lose votes come here neil. exactly whether that strategy will work or what? neil: thank you very much. we should point out and i think gerri said so much. we ll be headwear that this was going to get pushback beyond the july 4th holiday, and i was like i knew goal on the part of
revolting against what has happened on health care. they were supposed to deliver this. the fact that the white house comes out and says we are having great conversations, and on. mitch mcconnell, brilliant tactician, trying to shift blame in the new york times a few minutes ago the story came out that says want to deal with vice president pence. mitch mcconnell should deliver. bill: he still has time. you go over the fourth of july holiday, independence day. republicans promised independence from the obamacare mandate. they promised repeal of obamacare in the dirty truth is visitors not repeal of obamacare. there is a lot of the mandate still in there. regulations haven t been lifted. we can say they can do their own cornhusker kickback. that s what the republican party is? they are going to do the horsetrading? there is a reason hospital,