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Welcome back to "shutdown showdown." no one really got what they wanted today but we still avoided a national disaster, right? both sides are stepping back to assess the damage. on the one hand, democrats held firm on their refusal to alter obama care. but now they're stuck with all its problems. republicans from speaker john boehner on down are already claiming they did all they could to defund it. >> we've been locked in a fight over here trying to bring government down to size, trying to do our best to stop obama care. we fought the good fight. we just didn't win. >> what does it mean for b...

Throughout his term. that's the approach you've seen here. there's no reason to rush but there is every reason in the world to look at how we exercise our obligations as a world leader. >> is being thoughtful in opposition to being decisive, though? >> okay, so, john, thoughtful means looking at everything thoughtful, means looking at the options and thinking them through before you act. i think we've seen reckless in the past. i think thoughtful as an approach to a region that is extraordinarily volatile, a region that's complex, issues that are complex. this isn't just about syria. you've be...

. welcome back to "the lead," everyone. if you're not sure what the president's position is on syria, there could be a reason. listen to what jay carney told reporters at tuesday's white house briefing. >> the credibility of the assad regime here is obviously close to zero. it is our firm conviction that syria's future cannot include assad in power. >> sounds like assad must go, right? well, not so fast, my friends. carney just minutes earlier said this: >> i want to make clear that the options that we are considering are not about regime change. >> joining us to talk about the administratio...

Separate the fact from the fiction. >> hey, everyone. welcome back to "the lead." now to the politics lead. stop navel gazing. today he took veiled swings at two of his rivals for the 2016 republican nomination and he told his party he's in it to win. let's bring in former adviser to mitt romney's campaign, kevin maddon. cnn political contributor maria cardona and cnn reporter for people magazine, michael crowley. i want to start with this that everyone thinks was aimed at bobby jindal. he said, quote, i'm not going to be one of these people who goes and calls our party stupid. of course gover...

Disease. we thought it was interesting she doesn't profess any political affiliation but said she thinks hillary clinton should run in 2016. but she was coy about whether she would vote for hillary clinton, saying it would depend upon who else was running. she also gave details about her panamanian boyfriend, the bf is an artist and her dad is pretty handy with a brush himself. >> president obama apparently dealt with the stress of the bin laden raid by dealing cards, more than a dozen hands of spades. kevin maddon, how do you relax? texas hold 'em, crazy 8s? >> i used to be a bit of a poker p...