our leadership for three years to get 218 votes. >> the lemming caucus. you're talking about the tea party caucus. >> it's not the tea party caucus. not at all. it's a lemming caucus. it's guys who meet privately. they're always conspiring. it's mostly just about power. and it's just gotten us nowhere. >> but if that's the case, and if they're lemmings, and if you actually understand simple math that you can't get this done, then why not be more aggressive? i mean, i know there's sort of growing number of people like you who want to pass a clean bill to fund the government and just move on. >> a clear majority of the republican party in the houses right? >> it seems that way. so why not put your vote where your mouth is? >> well first of all you have to vote on what's in front of you. >> why not john boehner can put whatever he wants in front of you. >> yeah. so if you want to do that, and start bringing down rules basically is what you're talking about, talking about doing the same thing that got us in this mess in the first place. so the leadership made a decision to take the position