any type of deal is going to be scrubbed thoroughly. why? last time when they had a government shutdown compromise, the very next day both publications on the conservative side and publications on the liberal side hammered it, saying the president gave away too much, that john boehner settled too easily. both sides don t want to go through that again. they want to show their cards after they reach some sort of agreement, let folks scrub it, and then move forward. that is why you re seeing a real, should we say, desire to work now and get it done quickly and move forward. obviously, when you have something this big, thomas, when you re talking about $4 trillion over 12 years, that s not the type of agreement that can be hammered out overnight. it s going to take time. and you re seeing that reflected obviously with the work on sunday and congress staying in session on july 18th. and luke, while we see people trying to work toward the middle or at least saying they re trying to work to