a major ad campaign targeting kay haguen in north carolina, mary landrieu in louisiana and jeanne shaheen. watch. >> i was shocked when i got the notice my health care policy was cancelled. kay told us if you like your insurance plan and doctor, you can keep them. it wasn't true. now i have a temporary policy that costs me 20% more. next year my costs go up another $4500. kay haguen just doesn't get it. >> tell kay haguen obamacare hurts north carolina. >> much more in a minute on obamacare. first another milestone related to 2014. at year's end congress led let a package of tax breaks expire though they saved taxpayers and businesses billions. go to the facebook page for more. we want to hear from you on twitter. joining me to talk about the arrival after obamacare and expiring tax breaks, peter swietser and the third way senior vp and cofounder jim kessler. obamacare first. obamacare is doing what it was designed to do to drive people into insurance programs. the insurance industry like this is. when people say it is a failure of implementation, this is what it is designed to do. it's o

you can also talk about new hampshire where jeanne shaheen is facing a pretty potentially tough election? >> right. in new hampshire you can also look at places like michigan where a republican candidate is running competitively in the polls there. those are traditionally safer for the democrats there. and again, even in new hampshire, even if jeanne shaheen, the current incumbent looks good, polling well, looks good in the state, it is still causing her to perhaps, you know, raise more money, spend more money and resource that is that she might not have had to without a challenge. jon: but you say that what republicans did last time or what republicans did last time effectively is play local issues while democrats, i'm sorry, republicans ran more of a national race. is obamacare enough of a national issue this time that those tables can be turned? >> right. i think the health care law, it play as little bit this cycle because it obviously has been implemented now. i think that will be the overarching theme in a lot of, in most of these races but the challenge for some of these local, fo

it's against jeanne shaheen. ins is an ad you will see thousands of very small iterations across the country and it essentially had the, if you like your plan, you can keep it. if the lie of the year according to politicize and at the end there's a picture of jeanne shaheen saying, if you like your senator, you can keep her. if not, you know what to do. absolutelycans are is theed that obamacare issue that this election will be decided on and will elicit significant republican gains. then i will let jeff maybe disagree. >> i think there's a fascinating answer. if we press properly, we could do a four day examination of exactly your question because there are pieces of the affordable care act, pre- existing conditions, that are incredibly popular and people like the idea. all of us, myself included, no people for who this is a significant economic benefit for their family, but the larger picture of obamacare and the affordable care act has not pulled consistently popular. it's what you are looking at. right now --

that's the lie of the year, according to a letter fact mckenna says, there's a picture jeanne shaheen and assess if you like or acidity, you can keep her. if you don't, you know what to do. let's talk about the data and why republicans are absolutely convinced, disagree with me to become overstating, but are convinced that obamacare is the issue that this election will both be decided on and will elicit significant republican games. then i'll go to jeff and let him maybe disagree. >> i think if you here -- your question was interesting calling it the affordable care act but i think there's a fascinating, like we prepped properly, we could do a four-day examination of exactly your question. because there are pieces of the affordable care act, preexisting conditions, that are incredibly popular. people like the idea. all of us, myself included, we know people who this is a significant economic benefit to the family. but the larger picture of obamacare, the affordable care act has not upheld consistently popular. it's what you're looking at. absolutely right now, and i think jeff would a

. >> senator jeanne shaheen, thanks for being us. >>> now captive for five years has new hope after u.s. intelligence received a recently taken video of the sergeant. these images seen here after he disappeared from his base in afghanistan in 2009. the new pictures apparently show a frail berg daul making reference to the recent death of nelson mandela. it does prove he is recently alive. i asked robert gates about his personal connection to the men and women in service, including sergeant bergdahl. >> about the troops, you're passionate about the troops and the suffering of the men and women in the field. how do you feel -- what can you say about sergeant bergdahl? there's been a proof of life video and the family is encouraged. what about someone who has held captive for so long by the ha canny network. >> he is the only m.i.a., if you will, from the afghan war. and i think it's fair to say that the command erps in afghanistan never let up the effort to try to find him. and still applied intelligence resources and assets to try to find him. frankly, i'm pleased that the taliban have k

collins started the group and it was half republicans, including kelly ayotte and lisa mikulski and jeanne shaheenand myself, and senator heitkamp. we worked together and helped to lead the group and made a big difference. i think those friendships and that trust that we have is genuine. we get together for dinner every other month. the last event was at my house. we had in minnesota potluck dinner spent what was the hot dish? >> chicken. the one before that was in a mikulski and her husband actually fixed fish salmon and froze it and send it to her. >> wow. >> we allow the men to be hunter gatherers. [laughter] >> great. i'd like to ask all three congresswomen here, have you seen this spirit that the senator is talking about? we haven't heard about it translating to the house as much. hasn't been an effort to translate to the other chamber? what kind of partnerships are being formed? >> we certainly are having it in the freshman class. i'm a new member of the wanted 13th district in the st. louis area, and we just had a great dinner this weekend with a freshmen members from the democrat side of t

against jeanne shaheen. my guess, dan, disagreement me but i don't take it will come to cincinnati was he thousands of very small iterations across the country. essentially, if you like your plan you can keep it. that's the lie of the year. according to politifact. and this is at the and there's a picture changing as a figure like a senator, you can keep her. if you don't, you know what to do. let's talk about -- the data and why republicans are absolutely convinced, disagreement if you're -- i'm convinced that obamacare is the issue that this election will both be decided on and will unless it republican gains. i will go to jeff and let him maybe disagree spent i think if you here, and to quench was really about the affordable care act. i think it's a fascinating, i give we dress properly for this we could do a four-day examination of exactly the question. because they are pieces of the affordable care act, pre-existing conditions, as jeff said, are incredibly popular. people like the idea. myself included,