He hopes to repeal healthcare legislation and replace it with "real reform that puts patients in charge" of their care, U. S. Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S. C, said on Sunday.

He would not back off from his earlier prediction that the healthcare reform battle would become President Barack Obama's "Waterloo," DeMint said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

He also said, "We'll find out in November (midterm elections) who won or lost this battle."

Polls showed a majority of Americans want Republicans to keep fighting the bill, signed into law last week, and added the reform measure would "destroy our healthcare system" and "bankrupt our country," he said.

DeMint further informed, "I want to repeal it; I want to replace it with real reform that puts patients in charge of their healthcare again."

The president "has burned a lot of bridges on this healthcare reform package that he's rammed through Congress and rammed down the throats of the American people. The procedures that were used, the backroom deals, the kickbacks have created a lot of bad feelings," DeMint, asked if the GOP would cooperate with Obama, said.

"We're still looking for ways that we can work together with the president, particularly on foreign policy as it relates to the security of Americans. We have to keep that," DeMint added. (With Inputs from Agencies)