can be done alone in new hampshire? treatment is something you are focusing on. is there enough help? >> there are people across party lines. i' m glad to see washington is beginning to recognize. disappointed -- they are continuing to revoke medicaid expansion. >> how likely is it you are going to face real opposition when it comes to expanding medicaid. certainly there is a group that doesn' t want anything to do with the affordable care act. there are others who say the horse is already out to the barn. >> i' m pleased we have a bipartisan new hampshire health protection program we enacted about two years ago. we did make progress to reauthorize expansion forward. i will continue to work with members of both parties. >> no mention of expanded gambling. >> i think we have had that debate and i think we need to focus on where we can continue to make progress together. i' two fiscally responsible budgets . we ended fiscal year 2015 with a surplus. we need to continue to move forward. one of the things on the opioid cris

new hampshire planning to use insurance. there is a positive impact on new hampshire businesses, because these folks get sick. they show up in the emergency the hospitals then cost shifted to everyone else with private insurance and that is one of the reasons we have one of the highest health insurance costs in the nation. we have put together a new hampshire plan that has no new taxes, no increase taxes, no impact on the states general fund, it will be funded with voluntary contributions from hospitals and insurance companies, the small state share that has to be a part of it, and lastly we just talked about the fact that 40,000 people, 6000 of whom ask of substance abuse benefits, is licensing. -- is life-saving. >> do you support the work >> it has to be more workable so people get the benefits and move on. a story that hasn' t been told is the people moving through the program. you either move up and make more money or you die. new hampshire should be proud, senator bradley as the architect. there is only one reason to b

people in new hampshire do not care about money. you can' t buy a vote in new hampshire. they want to see you, they want to touch you. you know that joke about a guy in concord, what do you think about most udall for president, and he said, i don' t know. i only met him twice. the reason that is funny is it is true. what percent are still saying they are undecided? 30%, 40%, something like that? josh: on the republican side, 55% now, senator. you got that right. washington, d.c., we have a couple candidate saying there are voices in washington though that do what new hampshire to not have two disproportionate a say in this. what are you hearing outside of the borders of the state? senator mccain: i just don' t see it happening. i would think there would be an like this system as it is. we have not done a bad job picking nominees. we are going through a process that only new hampshire can do. i love the united states of america. i love my own state. the fact is this has become a national tradition and one that -- as i said, money plays too great a role in politics today. i

and i' m glad that my guy finish second in new hampshire. can i put in a plug -- flanaganfornh.com is the website. if you have any questions or inquiries. josh: or you want to donate. rep. flanagan: or donate. press the red button. josh: welcome back. this week, and intense political battle started after the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia appear. in public and saying this is an election year, no one should be nominated, the president saying it is his duty to nominate someone. let' started. guest: i was, to be honest. whether you agreed with his philosophy or not, he applied it pretty consistently and i felt badly that we could not give him talking about what would happen. and i think the country should m not sure that' s going to happen. josh: he was on the bench for a very long time. what kind of legacy do you think he will have? justice broderick: justice khalil was an originalist, as he describes it -- justice scalia was originalist, as he describes it. he was always trying to think of framers. he was at the center. -- he

every candidate on the republican side said i get a betty -- a better hearing in new hampshire than any other place josh: let me ask about the parties -- this is happening both sides -- is there too much involvement, they are trying to orchestrate everything? is that a matter of the ring such a large field? steve: in 2012, everyone said, do not call them on a weeks notice, do not concentrate them in three states, spread them out geographically, and cut the number down. we did that. in addition, we have done them in front of larger audiences, we had conservative voices, we had input on which networks get them based on their performance and how they are treated -- it has been a success. is it perfect? i argued long and hard, in the early ones, have the candidates divided into two lots. but we have to work with the networks. it' s a big improvement. it could get better.