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Brought up the affordable care act a lot. i had written before that it should probably be called reid care, not obamacare, and i think the former president would probably acknowledge that it never would have happened except for the legislative and i don t think it s an exaggeration genius of harry reid. whatever else you thought of him, he was able to essentially legally bribe a couple of his colleagues to come across at the last moment to get that done. he basically told the president s team just leave this part to me. i ll get it done for you. and he did, and i think it was his proudest accomplishment. you mentioned the book and the interview, i think you had 24 zoom interviews for this book, so it will be comprehensive. you ve also referred to him as ruthless. who is it that you think influenced him politically, and who do you think would have shaped his outlook and strategy in running for the senate? i think the biggest influence politically and maybe even ....
Accomplishment, the affordable care act, known as obamacare. barack obama would never have passed the health care bill that bears his name, obamacare, without harry reid. it should be called reid care as much as it should be called obamacare. reporter: president biden wrote, for harry it wasn t about power for power s sake. it was about the power to do right for the people. minority leader mitch mcconnell, who had a very contentious relationship with reid, even paying respect to the political rival he sparred with frequently, writing, i never doubted that harry was always doing what he deeply felt was right for nevada and the country. reid retired from the senate after an accident left him blind in one eye. he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on tuesday. the world remembers this ....
Bribery of some of his colleagues to get their votes, ayman. i wrote back at the time and i believe now even having collected more data and reporting on what happened during then, it should be called reid care as much as it should be called obamacare. and maybe only harry reid possessed the skills that he honed over all those decades in public life and his dedication to knowing everything about the senate, only he could have gotten that done. i couldn t think of a better person to speak to tonight on the life and legacy of harry reid. thank you so much for joining us on this sad night for your state. greatly appreciate it, jon. i appreciate your having me. breaking news as we mentioned earlier out of nevada, longtime senate majority leader harry reid passing away this evening at the age of 82. when we come back, a big update ....
That was unpopular, even during some of his votes and during his time, he was thinking about the people he grew up with. and i think, you know, i would say his caution to a democratic party is to remember that, that you re a working class party, that you come from people who need government support, governor assistance. we don t have anyone else to fight for them, you re supposed to fight for them. so, john, president obama said himself his achievements wouldn t have happened without harry reid. big picture, and i m sure you ve thought a lot about this as you ve been working on the book, what s his impact? how much of an impact did he have on our country? i think bigger than people realize and not just for the reason that you said, chris. i had said many times and i said it on the air already that obamacare should probably be called reid care. i m not sure the former president would disagree with ....
That the president was enduringly grateful for him doing. he essentially as i said several times now had to commit legalized bribery to get a couple of the reluctant colleagues to vote, one of whom ben nelson sacrificed his career to vote for the affordable care act. reid when i talked to him for the book i m writing about him, brings it up a lot. his partnership with obama and how obama trusted him to get that through. i think it went into the story of harry reid is written, at least the one i ve written i ll talk about reid care and why it s named reid care in the inside story of what really happened. as far as nevada goes, harry reid loved nevada. the fact he was able to do two things to build a democratic party machine after a near death experience barely one in 1998 by about 400 votes against john, he ....