fresno, california. actually, the state is far too warm. that's the problem. california is in the middle of a drought. the worst in a century. the money will come from a hard-fought farm bill that the president signed last week. we'll have more on the drought next week. republican senator ted cruz is from texas but i don't know if he's used to the kind of heat that he's been getting from his gop colleagues over forcing a vote to raise the debt ceiling. president mccain tweeted this. "the minority maker, calling it a must read. the piece criticized cruz and called it needless drama for the party. cruz has no regrets and in an radio interview, he called out his critics. >> an awful lot of the republicans wanted exactly what barack obama wanted, exactly what nancy pelosi wanted, what