From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the deal.

Today, 49 to 51, three Republican senators break ranks and end their parties latest and possibly last plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

And what's so bad about Obamacare anyway?

It's Friday, July 20th.

Tom!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Where are you?

I'm in the Senate press gallery, just where you want to be at 2.11 a.m.

I'm so tired, Tom. I was asleep on the fifth floor.

Alright.

We're going to jump in.

Tom Kaplan covers Congress. Tom, what just happened?

Well, in some ways, it's as simple as the seven-year Republican quest to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, collapsed.

This certainly seems like the end of the road for Republicans.

Let's talk about what actually happened at 1.30 this morning on the Senate floor. Take us through the drama.

So the whole question here over the past couple days, there was a hurdle earlier this week for Republicans, which was getting the votes to start debate on health care.

It was a big question whether they could do that. They managed to get the votes.

Then the big question was, what would be the bill that ultimately they would vote on?

Right.

Tonight, we got that answer, which was late tonight, Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, unveiled what was a really barebones piece of legislation.

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