the next guest offered a key amendment that helped collect enough republican votes to pass the bill. thomas mcarthur as in the mcmcarthur amendment. could you briefly explain what the mcarthur amendment is? it does two critical things. three really. it restored the essential health benefits back to the federal standard. but threaten it does two things. it balances the need to make sure that people are people with preexisting conditions has coverage which is a commitment we made and i made and two allows everyone else s premiums to come down, which is a commitment that the last administration, president obama made and it unfortunately has been a total failure. premiums have skyrocketed and now we have 23 million people that simply can t afford it and millions more at risk of losing what they have today. so that s what i was balancing. ainsley: congressman, you ares best guest to have on this