case, especially if they strike it down. i think one of the ironies is that the provision that is being challenged was in a sense a republican proposal. the democrat was to have a single payer, and instead we have it where people buy insurance from private health care insurance, and then guarantee that people will buy health care insurance. now republicans are saying that use of the market make it s uncushional. congressman mcdermott and david, thank you. i talk to reverend jesse jackson and sinbad the entertainer coming up. if you re one of them folks who gets heartburn
one should ever be told they have cancer and they should be quiet and go home and die. that s why this case is so important, and that s why the battle matters. joining me now is representative jim mcdermot, and david corn, professor of constitutional law, and legal affairs correspondent, thank you both for being here. good to be here. congressman, let me start with you. this law has helped millions. two years ago, did you think we would be talking about this law going to the supreme court? i thought from the very start that the republicans could do everything they could to prevent the president from accomplishing his goal of getting you ver sal coverage for all americans. they were determined to use everything that could, and this