proposal. it's a good one. it's a good start. it's incremental. we republicans get some things, real relief on the employer mandate, changing the threshold from 50 to 500 employees and returning back to a 40-hour workweek, repeal the medical device tax, democrats get things, too, on cost reduction sharing payments. this is progress. there are parallel efforts ongoing in the house and senate on bipartisan reform. the mistake democrats made with obamacare, they muscled the law through on a partisan basis. we shouldn't make the same mistake as republicans. we have an opportunity to strike right now. >> i don't want to burden you with the senate's problems. lord knows you have enough issues in the house yourself right now. one of the things the president has been saying is that the senate should change the rules so they can pass things without 60 votes, go down to 51. health care went down to the senate on 51 votes. it gets to the point do you think the president fundamentally understands the process that's in play right