And then secondly, and I've been a big supporter of the aca, the idea of forcing the Republicans to the table to negotiate on that issue by virtue of a shutdown didn't work. It's now the longest shutdown in American history. and there was no prospect that it was going to work. I talked to a lot of my Republican colleagues. The chances of negotiating a settlement in the midst of the shutdown were zero as of last night. (01:34–01:37)
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