yesterday and rick perry fundraising in iowa this evening and todd gilman is the washington bureau chief it joins us by phone today. tom gillman come out you are writing that the president comes to texas being one of the chief sources of resistance of health care law. what did the president accomplish by his visit yesterday? >> the primary goal seems to be fund-raising and some large sum, which will go to states other than texas because so far texas democrats are not very competitive and john cornyn is up for reelection next year, but the democrats don't seem to be making a run at him. so as far as pitching obamacare in the affordable care act, it doesn't make sense for him to go to a place like texas and an exceedingly high percentage of texans who lack health care coverage and that is where the money is coming to go to a place like texas because that is where the uninsured americans. also for him to go and take on governor rick perry directly in his resistance to expanding medicaid is one of the main reasons it is a major obstacle to clearing the roles of uninsured texans. >> his comments's comments yesterday, the president

todd gillman is the washington bureau chief and joins us by phone. what is -- you're writing that the president comes to a state texas being one of the chief sources of resistance to the health care law. what did the president accomplish by his visit yesterday? >> caller: well, the primary goal there seemed to be fundraising. he raised some large sum that we don't know the exact amount of money for the democratic sen nate campaign that go to states other than texas. texas democrats are not very competitive. there's a john cornyn up for reelection next year. the democrats don't seem to be making a run at him. it was clearly a top goal for the president. as far as pitching obamacare and the affordable care act, it does make sense for him in a lot of ways to go to a place like texas raw number of uninsured americans exceedingly high percentage of texas ans roughly one in four who lack health care coverage. so you go, you know, rob banks where the money is. you go to a place like texas because that's are the uninsured american are. it makes since politic