MSNBC'S MORNING JOE: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) discusses the possible firing of Jeff Sessions, saying that Sessions stuck his neck out for the president. Sen. Durbin wonders who would take the job if Sessions is fired. Durbin also addresses health care.





EDDIE GLAUDE JR., PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Senator Durbin, this is Eddie Glaude. Let's pan out a little bit. There -- you -- the Democratic Party just released its better deal to kind of offer a vision of their policy initiatives over the next few years.



There's clamoring among the base for single payer.



How, in the course of this debate, will you respond to those of us on the Left, who really think that single payer might be the answer to the health care issue?



DURBIN: This is a last gasp. What we're going through now is the last gasp for private health insurance in America, as far as I’m concerned. If we can't make this work with the private health insurance industry, we start moving closer to a Medicare model.



From my point of view, Medicare has a lot of positive things to offer the American people.



How many folks say, darn it, now I qualify for Medicare?



Most of them say, hooray, I don’t have to worry about preexisting conditions. I’ve paid into it. I can get the best hospitals and doctors and I have peace of mind.



That's what people are looking for in health insurance. And if the private health insurance industry can't make the current approach work, we're moving closer and closer to a single-payer option.