Al Franken: “I don't think that it's wrong to try to do both things at the same time which is make sure that people get covered.”

You`re right, we started getting these tea party types, including Rand, and it was -- it was very upsetting, of course. Now, they did very quickly shift to opposing the Affordable Care Act and, of course, when they finally saw what the…

The Republican Party has become something almost unrecognizable. When I started there, it was tough then but it just got worse and worse and worse and worse.

And, yes, this party, all he has to do is see what the RNC did, by calling it legitimate political discourse, you know, gouging cops` eyes out and breaking their vertebrae.

What is great about this is that it gives us the time to get Sinema and to get Manchin and to get all 51 with the vice president on board on a package and if we tell the American people and keep telling the American people what’s in it.