Senator [Tom] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now says, despite these marathon all-night sessions going on in the House, Republicans need to do better, they need to start over, they need to come up with something that the Senate says will actually reduce prices for insurance and keep it affordable.
Rachel MaddowIf something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
Rachel MaddowI don't have any option. I'm not going to be less gay or more pretty. I can't try to have less personality or fewer controversial opinions.
Rachel MaddowThere's nothing about the way my life unfolded that should be seen as at all prescriptive for what anybody else wants to do.
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