having to do this by executive order because he and his party failed. their mission was repeal and replace. big, sweeping legislation, takes obamacare off the books, comes in with an alternative plan. here s how the president explains, i couldn t do that so we re do it this way. we re working very hard. hopefully congress will come through. you saw what we did yesterday with respect to health care. it s step by step by step. we re taking a little different route than we had hoped because getting congress, they forgot what their mrejs were. so, we re going a little different route. but you know what, in the end it s going to be just as effective. maybe it will even be better. maybe it will even be better, he says. that s a promise he might regret making. i think congress clearly republicans in congress wanted to press pause on the health care debate and table it. then the president stepped in and tried to do what congress couldn t do and do something to