manafort spokesman did not address whether the debts might have existed at one time. he maintained that the cypress records were stale and do not pir port to reflect any financial arrangements. joining me here is daniel lipman, co-author of political playbook. also with us capitol hill reporter for the hill molly cooper. daniel, good to you have with us. tough diagnosis for john mccain. obviously, this is going to be a personal setback. a difficult situation for the senator. we wish him well. what are the implications of this for legislation on capitol hill? particularly the health care debate. it deprives republicans to get health care through. mccain s departure from the scene right now, that only makes it harder. i think people are really pulling for mccain.