michael. this is hilarious. always, president obama says i will not negotiate. harry reid says there is no conversation. media say, see it is republicans who won t make a deal. it is crazy. the republicans will back up into a deal. something along the lines of you get 99% of what you want, mr. president. all you give up a special set-asides for congress that normal people can t give up and give up the medical device tax killing us here in massachusetts as well as in minnesota. when the president gets that 99% you will have people like richard saying, see the republicans won t compromise. martha: why is that, richard. wait a second here, martha. i think the truth of the matter what we ve seen from this republican congress they will do anything in their power to ultimately defund obamacare. they voted for it 41 times to defund it. now all these other measures are a way to break down the law. let s understand, every democrat since roosevelt talked about how we need to reform our healt