Report: GOP Senators Defend Their Health Care No Votes
SEN. SUSAN COLLINS, (R), MAINE: Lisa and I were talking with John McCain on the senate floor and he pointed to both of us, and he said, you two are right on this issue.</s>SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI, (R), ALASKA: And to have the conversation that we had after the vote, we had one of those conversations that you'll think of years down the road where he said, people might not appreciate what has happened right now as being a positive. Maybe our colleagues are not going to be viewing this as a positive right now. But the time will prove that having a pause, having a time-out for us to do better is going to be good for the country.</s>DANA BASH, CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: And Brooke, another reason I wanted to talk to the two of them is just good old fag-fashioned girl power because they understand that they're two of five Republican women in the senate, and one issue that they really were passionate about, and are passionate about, was about the fact that in the Republican bill, it would have prevented people who are Medicaid recipients from going to planned parenthood. And for Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, who says that so many women, the vast majority of women get their care, the regular care, from planned parenthood and same goes for Maine, that was one of many nonstarters. But an important one. And I actually asked Senator Collins, I said, I know this is hard to even imagine, but if you were a man, do you think that would have been as important of an issue? And she basically said, you know, like I get it because I am a woman and it really does show you how the different perspectives now that there are 21 women in the senate, really do change policy, regardless of party.</s>BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN HOST: To quote your series, series, #badasswomenofWashington. Dana, thank you. Let's check out live pictures here. Air Force One. We saw Ivanka and her child board the plane. We're watching and waiting as the president is about to be, in a little bit of time, I don't think he's quite left the White House yet, up, up and away to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, for 17 days of vacation. But hang on a second. Isn't this the same president that slammed Obama for taking breaks? We'll look at what's on his agenda coming up.