in 2009 he did something politically core ray jous. he cast the sole republican vote in the new jersey senate for gay marriage. it didn t pass back then and exposed him to a ton of heat from the right in his own party. so when christie came to power, he offered him the gig. and he took it. he told christie that he wanted to bring somebody with him. he wanted to bring his friend, david wildstein who had also been in politics before he d started that website that i worked on for him. that s why wild stooep was at the port authority. and the question now is whether he s going to hear again from that assembly committee, if this time they re going to demand that he come back and testify under oath about that supposed traffic study that he talked about at the end of november. will they call him? will he take the fifth? those are the major questions about him right now. now we go to the fourth name.
does anybody call him up and say excuse me, where s your plan? well, this has been a big recurring problem for the republican party which is what do you have as an alternative to obama care?have, as an alternative to obama care? in 2008, john mccain did have a plan. it involved ending the employer tax benefit for health care coverage, giving people tax benefits so they could go out and buy private insurance. it didn t pass. it wasn t voted, the president obviously won re-election. we relitigated this again in 2012. and through it all, and since john mccain, roughly, there s within no plan presented by the republican party that would provide comprehensive health care coverage to everyone. in fact, there s been a lot of discussion about how many people would be covered under the republican plan. this is a valid criticism of ted cruz, of the republicans. which is you want to repeal, but we somehow lost the replace aspect of that. let me go to wayne about culture and hospitality. are
state, has the largest number of people with no health insurance whatsoever. and he never feels the need. nor does anybody call him up and say, excuse me, senator, where s your plan? well, this has been a big recurring problem for the republican party. which is, what you have, as an alternative to obama care? in 2008, john mccain did have a plan. it involved ending the employer tax benefit for health care coverage, giving people tax benefits so they could go out and buy private insurance. it didn t pass. it wasn t voted, the president obviously won re-election. we relitigated this again in 2012. and through it all, and since john mccain, roughly, there s within no plan presented by the republican party that would provide comprehensive health care coverage to everyone. in fact, there s been a lot of discussion about how many people would be covered under the republican plan. this is a valid criticism of ted cruz, of the republicans. which is you want to repeal, but we somehow lost the
may try to seek an agreement? reporter: john, there was talk about a moderate republican revolt. which sounds funny, a moderate republican revolt. but a brewing sense on the floor last night that the house republican moderates would be able to ban together and prevent one of the bills getting to the floor that included a limitation on the president s health care law. it didn t happen. it didn t pass. didn t come to fruition but you were seeing members of congress saying this has to stop. we have to get over this and get on to the next fight. senator john mccain told our colleague jeff zeleny that this has to end and house republicans will have to give in. and a sense from moderates they are not happy the tea party faction, a couple dozen members of the house, are able to hold the process hostage. remember, house republicans if they put that bill on the floor, house democrats said they d help pass it. karen travers live in washington, thank you. stay with abc news for the
number that they wanted. it didn t pass didn t mash up to the other acts presented. she wasn t a good performer with this. how long how often have we seen something like this. it s thought a substitute for skill. it s pretty ugly but curious. does this help her career? is that where we ve come to? ultimately i actually sort of in a sick, twisted way, does it help it? i think perhaps in a way, maybe it does because it puts her name up there. all publicity is good publicity. these getting a ton of it today and certainly getting more tomorrow but in the long run though it seems like it s a flash in the pan. you have to have some substance to back this up. anybody can do shock and shock is really boring and tiring after a while and you have to follow it up with something a little bit more substantive and she doesn t have it. she doesn t have a great singing voice. she s a pretty girl but that s kind of where we are with this. people will remember it. they ll remember it. and