chairman andros, thank you for yours. as we've seen today there continues to be great momentum to pass health care reform. even at 6 a.m. in the morning. it is also gaining momentum outside the congress as we see from the endorsement of such important groups as the american medical association, which represents hundreds of thousands of physicians who know firsthand that health care reform is not an option. failure is not an option. the american public are urging us to pass this bill and we are going to respond. they elected barack obama to pass this bill. they elected this congress to pass this bill. still, there's no doubt the bill is going to have changes as it moves through the process. i would be shocked as a legislator if that wasn't the case. it's a work in progress but we've made significant progress has not 6 a.m. this morning at mr. chairman, of course you of things a lot faster. congratulations on that. [laughter] but we will not waver in our commitment to bringing down health care costs because its those high c

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andros and taros -- andrea centaros is also our guest. some have wondered.t here. first of all, they are not attack ads against democrats. their campaign ads for health care reform, and they need to do that because of all the misleading stuff that is being fed to america by republicans, like jim demint. çbill: two of the states that they are running these ads are represented only by democrats. maine is the only state targeted without a democratic rep. >> what is your point? çthey have been running -- republicans have been giving misinformation to the states. let me make one other point. i do not know who the experts at fox were, but i remember the cbo when i was at the white house. it is part of the process, this is nothing new. the fact that they would need is nothing new. bill: thank you for that. maybe you should comment on that tomorrow. andrea, are they really going after democrats? >> absolutely. barack obama, nancy pelosi, and harry reid to not have support, and that is why they have to do this. bill clinton failed to reform health care. the democra