joining me washington bureau chief of the chicago sun times lynn sweet and defense reporter lee munsel welcome to you both. lynn, i'll begin with you. you heard the president saying the debate on repealing obamacare is over. is it? >> it's not. the november elections in many of these house districts, alex, and in some senate races is going to be to some extent at least about obamacare and there's nothing that the president can say that will switch this trajectory. it may change how the candidates talk about it, but you still have people who are getting these policies who may not -- who are still finding out if the service is as good as it was billed. you still have people who signed up for obamacare who had canceled policies who may not be happy with the replacements. we do have that balanced out by all the people who get coverage. we've been through this, right? the people pre-existing conditions, the parents who keep their 26-year-old on, but the debate is not over, not with the mid-term election coming. >> lee who's with the "l.a. times", the president took repeated jabs at his repu