Months, they cant have a replacement. The democrats are very happy in some ways they are going to get rid of obamacare. This was the one big answer paul politically. This was one big answer, a new solution that was going to be revolutionary and change things for the better. Didnt work. They are happy. We had it for six years. Theyre happy to dump it off. Im more optimistic, there are a lot of pitfalls, we can go through them, if we have momentum, get one part down on the replace part, it creates the conditions for further things down the road. So i think that the main thing is that they need to show momentum. They have the repeal and show good things being done. Because our goal is not, the problem is, obamacare is like, closing down a nuclear plant. There is all this waste. You cant turn it off and walk away. You have to be careful with that waste because it can kill you in the meantime. So i think they just have to have the momentum. Paul the argument is, that you hear, and i hear is
world war ii when we tethered health insurance to employment, we screwed up this market. and the obamacare process was not brave enough to go after what all pretty much all health policy experts would point to as the original problem in health policy. both senators opposing the bill, and state and medicaid doctors asking for the cbo score. we just heard from kasie. we likely won t get cbo estimates on how much the new health care bill costs. this is what bernie sanders this is what was this is what lindsey graham said about bernie sanders plan earlier this week, e.j. if you believe repealing and replacing obamacare is a good idea, this is your best and only chance to make it happen. because everything else has failed except this approach, which will work if we get behind it. if you want a single payer health health care system, this is your worst nightmare. bernie, this ends your dream of
second. say that again? come back on making deals. mark schwartz said the other day you heard from the obamacare process you can t count on members of your own party to get your legislation across. you bet. is that true? do you share that? i ll give awe great example. so we had a surprise. from john mccain. and we had the vote and then john mccain he came out of nowhere, and we had a surprise. it was a very unpleasant surprise. and now what are we looking at? we have people now talking about single payers. and that s what we get. so the republicans have to stick together better. they had the votes and then john mccain changed his mind. pure and simple. and if the republicans don t stick together, then i m going to have to do more and more. and by the way, the republican party agrees with me. the people out there definitely agree with me. if they re unable to stick together, then i m going to have to get a little help from the
i do, but it s something i said we would continue to do, and we did talk about it. did you make some promises in that regard? i would do it. i told him i would do it. and he knows me let me he knows we ve already done it, but i told him and i told him very strongly, i like that. and i also like very much legislation having to do with jobs in certain areas. making deals for a say it making deals go ahead, joe. mark schwartz said the other day that the obamacare process, you [ inaudible ]. get your legislation across the goal line. is that true? do you share that? well, i ll give you a great example. so we had a surprise from john mccain and we had and then john mccain, he came out of nowhere. and we had a surprise. it was a very unpleasant surprise. and now what are we looking at? we have people now talking about
mark short said that throughout the obamacare process that you can t count on members of your own party to get the legislation across the goal line. is that true? i ll give you a great example. so we had a surprise from john mccain. we had the votes. john mccain came out of nowhere. we had a surprise. it was a very unpleasant surprise. now what are we looking at? we have people now talking about single payer. that s what we get. so the republicans have to stick together better. they had the votes and then john mccain changed his mind. pure and simple. if the republicans don t stick together, then i m going to have to do more and more. by the way, the republican party agrees with me. the people out there definitely agree with me. if they re unable to stick together, i m going to have to get a little help from the democrats and i ve got that. i ll tell you, with the tax