republican who are actually excited about the bill. they acquiesced to the fact that politically they had to pass something and that is the kind of reality that they are going to hope will shepherd the bill through the senate. >> julian, quickly. a school of thought, a couple of op-ed out this weekend that mcconnell doesn't want this to pass and get this done and move on to tax reform. what is your view of that? >> i don't think that is impossible and in fact, i think many republicans are hoping this issue goes away for now that it's defeated and can blame the democrats for being obstructionists, quote/unquote, and they can move on to taxes. look. i think the republicans want to deliver on this promise but i don't think they have a bill that will work and i think they have a bill, if it actually passed, might cause more problems for them politically than it would bring benefits. so i don't think it's a wild speculation to suspect that senator mcconnell might be okay if at the end of the week, he accepts defeat and moves on to