people who's fighting for who in this debate. >> let's look at this new poll. pew research center polled americans this past weekend, asked to describe the debt negotiations in one word. the top ten answers. bigger the word, you can see it there. visually. ridiculous disgusting. stupid. frustrating. poor. terrible. disappointing, childish, messy, and joke. ridiculous bombs right across the screen there. how do you defend most of the votes for this debt deal when it's called ridiculous? >> i would say first of all, all of the above, because you had a group of people, 87 tea party people who continued to go too far. walked out of negotiations every several days. every time we got close to the goal moved the goal post further and further to the right. was it a great deal? no, but republican members of congress are going back to their districts and we are holding