several miles to work with three republica -- senator snowe fromaine, senator grassley from iow senator ensly from wyoming. i think that senator sno is very commied to trying to see heal care reform enacted, and i hope that in the final analysis she will suppt the bill. i think senator grassley and senator endslyave stated more substantial objctions to what s been proposed. i don't know where they'll finally come out. >> is it worth getng pasd, to yourind, withoutipartisan support? >> oh, i think tha the reform proposals thate're talking about here are very importt to try to get enacted. i would prefer to see it done on a bipartisan basis. if that's not possible, i thi clearly we need to s if the voteare there on the democratic side to enact this gislation or some major par of it. >>hat raises serious questis, given all that we've seenake place in these crazy town hls over the summer. the sues y raise now about getting democraticupport, is that a forege conclusion? >> no, i would say nothing is a foregone conclusion inhis press. i dthink that most democra are trying toork with the president t

senator grassley, senator ensly, they're much more vocal about the problems they have and they've beenuch more in the mix politically. i just wanted to ask you what your thinking behind that is. you've taken a different approach publicly and i wonder if you can talk about that. >> well, i just sort of thought that i could be most effective in the discussions