. >> politics of the moment, steve cochran, is that the fasttrack or is that the slow track? >> it's a duplicity of politics, right? it's right for me when it's right for me and it's wrong when it's not. the clear thing is the obama administration needs a win, and they need a win quickly politically. there's no way this is going to get done next week or the week after. we'll be lucky if we see anything by the end of the year. in the meantime the beer at the white house is cold and ready to be served. >> okay. mildred, your thoughts? >> well, we need to remember that barack obama won this thing by convincing americans that one of the one things he would take care of, initially one of his priorities would be health care for those who are uninsured in this country. cnn release add study that said 86.7 million americans are without health insurance so it is, indeed, an issue. the question is why -- >> 86.7 million americans. >> 86.7 million americans. this study was done by a family organization. in fact, it's on your website, by the way. >> i'm sorry, it's on cnn's website. >> o