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Heather: yes, exactly. well, speaker john boehner has been at the center of the budget battle in washington from the very bin beginning, taking hits at times even from his own party. speaking yesterday, boehner said that the house fought the good fight but did not win. and now that a temporary deal has been reached, what effect will the showdown have on boehners speakership? chief political correspondent carl cameron joins us live from washington with more on that angle. so, carl, what do you th...

Wanted him out, a guy thats been to syria and supported al qaeda and rebels, but he was saying today the shutdown has been a fools errand. >> well, john mccain never supported al qaeda. that was the republican congressman louie gohmert calling his fellow senator a supporter of al qaeda. a small amount have tried to hijacked the party and have gotten away with it. but beyond image, the polls show just how shattered the party is. in the latest nbc/wall street journal pole, theres a stark divide be...

They certainly are -- and, therefore, in their weakened state they can be made to swallow raising of these sequester caps as theyre called. this is the spending limits that have actually, as you heard senator corker say, driven government spending down a little bit over the last couple years. i think its a fools errand. its not going anywhere. even if you could get it up in the senate and somehow pass it, i dont think you could ever get it through the house, so i think its dead. martha: what abo...

Weve heard plenty of curious things from texas congressman louie gohmert over the years. here he is at the conservative values voters summit late today going over fellow republican john mccain. >> i heard just before i came some senator from arizona, a guy that like ed gadhafi before he wanted to bomb him, a guy thats been to syria and supported al qaeda and rebels, but he was saying today the shutdown has been a fools errand. and i agree with him. the president and harry reid should not have sh...

But i think that effort has failed. with lindsey graham adding we took an unpopular law and chose a more unpopular tactic to deal with the law. and as for who is behind this unpopular tactic, here is senator john mccain. >> we started this on a fools errand, convincing so many millions of americans in our supporters that we could defund obama care. the people that convinced so many millions of americans, tea partiers who were specifically talking about, that there was some way we could defund ob...

The fools errand of repealing obamacar. >> neil: so senator cruzs fulfill buster was a fools rear rand. mccain in 201 i traveled the country saying elect mitt romney and well replace obamacare. i fought as hard as i can. the people spoke. it would require 67 votes in the united states senate to repeal obamacare. it is not there. >> neil: what about the effort -- i know you want to fight the good fight later, senator and thats what you tell your kole legs can -- colleagues, save your arsenal for ...

Rand. yesterday, lets vote tomorrow, ill vote for it to keep the government open and other house members have said the same thing. the votes are there to pass a clean cr. heres what dent said specifically. im prepared to vote for a clean resolution tomorrow. its time to govern. i dont intend to support a fools errand. thats a direct quote. democrats met republicans on the middle on spending, were not going to be negotiating with ourselves. ive heard the idea of a short term extension floated. le...

Am no longer able to stand. >> reporter: to be sure, this is theater. whether he speaks for hours or not, the vote timing and the outcome will be the same. his aides fully admit he is using the stage to speak directly to his audience. the activists who fueled the tea party upset last year. >> where is the outrage? where are the senators saying when a travesty that young people are being denied a fair shot in the american dream because of what we have brought. because of obamacare. >> cruz talk f...

>> senator mccain, your former running mate says to think we can defund obama care in this way is quote, not rational. how do you respond to those who say this is a fools errand. >> we ask they dont wave a white flag and give into those who want this socialized program of health care coverage in our nation. >> i mean, john mccain shouldnt wave a white flag and give into liberals? i mean, is this going to antagonize mainstream republicans even more? >> what i love about what she said, too, is she...

Hoisting him to solid ground becomes an impossible task. >> it was a fools errand. he was too heavy and the rope was too thin. and regardless of the strength of the guys up on shore, it wasnt working. >> just then, jonah realizes that some of those bystanders are students from his class and theyre wearing something that could help. >> do you want a belt? i have one on. >> all our students are standing there with safety belts. so we had one of them throw a safety belt down. paul held him up and t...