Leigh Ann Caldwell

A lot of reason I've been told by multiple Republicans that they were so resistant for extending these subsidies is because 15 years ago, they vowed to never do anything to support the Affordable Care Act and that didn't.

that stance from, you know, almost two decades ago is staying with them now.

So you could say, regardless of what the Affordable Care Act issue is, so there's some Republicans who will not do anything.

Yes.

Yeah.

Yeah, absolutely.

Yeah, no.

I mean, and actually, Josh Hawley will say that on the record, too.

He'll say, look, in these private meetings, closed door meetings with Senate Republicans, there are just people who are so dug in on anything anti-Obamacare that they just won't even consider it.

Yeah, because remember, Obamacare, the compromise is what Democrats wanted was a single payer plan.

And this is the best that they could get.

They literally, like you said.

And you know what Trump wants?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I mean, it's a great this is an issue that is obviously confounded Republicans for decades.

I mean, this is a hard issue.

It took Democrats, really.

I mean, you know, Hillary Clinton, like you said, had her plan that didn't go anywhere.

I know.

Well, and also that's why during the government shutdown Democrats, I thought it was kind of lame at first or dumb at first that they were so focused on what Trump was saying and what Trump was going to do.