they ve already voted on. that s a nuclear bomb now. exactly. could go to the senate, any democrat over in, maybe they could, as one aide put it, put a soft link in the bill, a sense of the house they would vote on it once more, but it s hard to think these people who have gone out on a limb would be satisfied with this sort of stuff. se i think they have to prevail on members to sleep overnight and rethink this and try to do it one more time. all right. reed, you ve spent a lot of time getting to know the members of leadership. john mccain said this was he said, john boehner s speakership might be on the line. certainly a crucial test. is it, though? i mean, this is cantor they were linked arms. this is not a case where we think behind the scenes cantor s winking and nodding. none of that business was going on here. this is not a cantor versus boehner system. a lot of this, by the way, is cantor whipping himself.
in some fashion the balanced budget amendment, remember, they ve already voted on. that s a nuclear bomb now. exactly. could go to the senate, any democrat over in, maybe they could, as one aide put it, put a soft link in the bill, a sense of the house they would vote on it once more, but it s hard to think these people who have gone out on a limb would be satisfied with this sort of stuff. se i think they have to prevail on members to sleep overnight and rethink this and try to do it one more time. all right. reed, you ve spent a lot of time getting to know the members of leadership. john mccain said this was he said, john boehner s speakership might be on the line. certainly a crucial test. is it, though? i mean, this is cantor they were linked arms. this is not a case where we think behind the scenes cantor s winking and nodding. none of that business was going on here. this is not a cantor versus