Tina Smith

And that's not been happening.

Well, so it's interesting because.

Now, today, the Affordable Care Act is one of the – I mean, it's very popular.

People like it, and I strongly support it.

But there's an element here of accountability.

The Democrats passed it with a bare – you know, with 60.

And then you could argue, if you didn't agree with that legislation, we got held accountable because people saw what we did.

And they told us what they thought.

A lot of times I think that the filibuster and the rules of the Senate broadly mask that accountability because you can advocate for something, but you never actually get it done.

And then you're never really held accountable for what you're advocating for.

And as a result, nothing ever really changes.

But what happens is you have these passionate arguments on Fox News and MSNBC about what you really wanted to do if only the other side had let you.

I mean, the Affordable Care Act was basically a piece of pretty important insurance reform.

It changed the rules around how insurance companies could provide insurance and what they had to do.

But it never really got at the core underlying problem, which is that health care costs too much in this country.

And there's

Well, I mean, it's so hard for me to know because I wasn't there in the moment.

And I always am of the mind you try to figure out what is the best possible thing that you can do.

And trying to do that in a bipartisan way is always, I think, the right approach if you can put it together.

But, you know, how long do you have to wait before you can get to the bipartisan agreement?