ABC News? Rick Klein reports:

With Democrats seeking to use Sen. Ted Kennedy's passing to refocus efforts to pass health care reform, Republicans are signaling that their strong opposition to President Obama's plans haven't shifted.

Today on ABCNews.com's “Top Line,” Sen. John Barrasso, one of the Senate's two medical doctors, called Kennedy's death “a great loss,” but not something that has changed the political dynamics surrounding health care.

“It is a loss to the nation, but I will tell you, people are actually focused on what's in the health care bill — that's what's turning out at all of these town hall meetings,” said Barrasso, R-Wyo.

“What I'm hearing all across the country is 'kill the bill,' ” he said. “So when Nancy Pelosi and others may say that this is a contrived — these are contrived events, she may be saying that just to try to lessen the effect of them. These are hard working American people who are turning out, have great concerns about what the government is trying to do in terms of health care and taking over health care. There is opposition very loudly spoken all across the country to this. And if people don't realize that this is real, then I'd have to say Nancy Pelosi is absolutely out of touch with the rest of America.”

Barrasso has been traveling the country along with the Senate's other doctor, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., livestreaming the “Senate Doctors Show” and hosting town hall meetings on health care.

“People are focused on the details of the bill,” Barrasso told us. “I held up the House bill at a town meeting in Wyoming, and somebody yelled, 'burn it' because they know what the details are, then held up the Senate bill, all of the loose leaf papers that are together in that and somebody else said, 'Start a bonfire.' “

Click HERE to see the interview with Sen. Barrasso.

We also checked in with ABC's George Stephanopoulos about the political fallout in the wake of Kennedy's passing. He agreed with Barrasso's take, that the warm remembrances of Kennedy haven't changed the politics of health care.

Stephanopoulos' show this Sunday will be heavy on Kennedy legacy, with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, reflecting on their friend and long-time colleague.

Click HERE to see the interview with George Stephanopoulos.