They can t be flown anywhere right now because of the sanctions. that s where i want to go next, to the sanctions. oligarchs have been hit heavily by the west. is there anything that can be done to change their mind? but also writ large, what are tools that the west, allies can use? what sanctions can still be applied that might change the economic status in russia? we keep talking about this over and over again, and that is cutting off energy exports from russia. the thing is this process needs to be done very carefully. we need to make sure that there s economic stability in the rest of the world so that we can continue this protracted kind of excisement of russia from the global economy. putin is not coming back to us, we re not going back to russia as long as putin is there. so we have to have the process of if ig youring out how to create an economy that exists out him. without russian oil.
He and his fellow republicans would like to do with obamacare if they had the majority in the senate. his response, quote, we ought to pull it out root and branch and we ought to start over. now, by itself, that kind of comment is nothing new for mcconnell. however, it comes a month after kentucky s democratic governor announced a final tally for their state obamacare exchange known as connect. more than 400,000 signups, a rousing success. when he was asked just two questions later what his root and branch excisement of obamacare would mean for connecticut in the hundreds of thousands of people who have insurance because of it, mcconnell said this. i think that s unconnected to my comments about the overall question here. yes, kentucky, my comments about dismantling our successful health care exchange ur totally