John Cornyn: “They say that they're doing this to focus the attention on…”

“Do you see any room for compromise between the two? Well, the compromise would be to open the government and then let's talk talk business. They say that they're doing this to focus the attention on health care. which we all admit is a very important issue. And with the Affordable Care or Obamacare premiums notices getting ready to go out, I think they see this as an opportunity to talk about health care.” (00:59–01:04)

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