come -- components which the public does like then we can begin to move forward. i think the votes would be there in the senate. clearly the president expressed an interest in getting republicans onboard. he also has said the main thing we need is to get health care reform done in a way that serves the interests of the american people. bringing down costs. >> greta: you mentioned the deal senator nelson had. of course i'm not saying you are part of it, you in the house what did you think when that went down? when you heard about the carve out the special deal for nebraska? did you know that uh-oh now we got trouble? >> none of us thought it was a good idea. senator nelson says it was not his idea and he wrote to the president saying he doesn't want to take that approach. that's the kind of thing that raises questions in the mind of the public understandably so. you shouldn't have special deals that benefit one state to the exclusion of others. i think that has created part of the problem with the