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Talking about, this minority was first rallied by this freshman congressman from western north carolina. mark metto. so let me take you back to august. congressman meadows sent a letter to his speaker in the house, john boehner, asking to, quote, affirmatively defund the implementation and enforcement of obama care in any relevant appropriations bills brought to the house. fast forward to these 80 members signing their names, earning them the new name, the suicide caucus. >> ronald reagan used to have the greatest line. he says, if you can't make them see the light, make sure they feel the hea...

One hour and 12 minutes, the u.s. government has been shut down. it is now a reality and the finger pointing well under way. a group of republican congressmen who refused to compromise have been taking a lot of the heat. brian todd on who they are and what they want. >> reporter: by most accounts house speaker john boehner didn't want it to get this far, didn't want to use the prospect of a government shutdown to push for defunding the president's health care law. according to a recent report, a small corps of republicans were the catalyst and forced boehner's hand. it started with a letter to...