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think is beyond debate is that it was essential for barack obama to have harry reid as a partner during the debate over the affordable care act. obama care would not have happened without the legislative wizardry of harry reid. and barack obama is not the only president to have benefited from harry reid. george w. bush and there is no love loss between those men, george w. bush and harry reid worked together to deal with the great recession. it was a democratic congress that passed the bush administration s approach to the great recession and harry reid was there doing what he felt was necessary for the nation at a very difficult time. i want to bring in david as well. obama made the point that they made a good team, as tim was talking about, and that he wouldn t have gotten most of what he accomplished without reid. tell me about that, the economic stimulus, obamacare. he pushed a lot through the senate, right?
exercise accident that left him severely bruised and blind in one eye. it cemented his decision to retire. a few years later he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. the effects of keechemo made it hard for him to walk. we went to see him in las vegas. reporter: that s one of my keepsakes from donald trump. reporter: never any complaints. i m doing fine. i m busy. i work quite hard. reporter: he was an unlike live political leader in today s media age, soft spoken and gaffe prone but played the inside game like no one could. i didn t make it in life because my ethnic prowess, i didn t make it because of my good looks, i didn t make it because i m a genius. i made it because i worked hard. one of the things that i hope that people look back at me and say if harry reid could make it, i can. i want to bring in cnn presidential historian tim
neftali and political analyst david geergen to talk about these issues. i want to begin with you first, tim. i m happy you re here to help contextualize. i always look forward to your insight on issues like this. former president obama said he would not have been president had it not been for reid s encouragement and support. that s quite a statement to make of a former president of the united states. what was the impact of harry reid on american politics? well, harry reid will be remembered and he ll be debated about because harry reid was extremely successful and effective at a period of high partisanship in congress, a period that continues. and there are many who will argue that he went too far in using the nuclear option to eliminate the filibuster for judicial appointments other than the supreme court. what is absolutely clear and i