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Grover norquist, of course, the tax guy, said republicans should drag out tax negotiation as long as needed, he put it, whatever that means. but let's listen to grover here. >> they can give him debt ceiling increases once a month. they can have him on a rather short leash on a small -- you know, here's your allowance, come back next month if you behaved. >> wait. you're proposing the debt ceiling be increased month by month? >> monthly feels good. weekly is not. >> the last time that congress fought with the president over the debt ceiling it caused our bond rating to drop. why would this guy...

Increase, but meet the president partway on revenue. i support that. i suspect he'll negotiate and at the end of the day he'll ask us to support have tough vote. i'll probably help him again. again, this was a private discussion in a couple of whip meetings. i was asked what i thought. i said what i thought. i still believe that. but i respect the speaker. look, he's a friend of mine. we have a great relationship. he certainly can speak honestly and openly to me. i value that. he's always given me the same privilege in return. >> well, here's this morning, grover norquist, of course, the tax g...

We couple them with the regular people. >> look, i think the speaker is in a tough negotiation. i fully support him, what he's trying to achieve, no rate increase, but meet the president partway on revenue. i support that. i suspect he'll negotiate and at the end of the day he'll ask us to support have tough vote. i'll probably help him again. again, this was a private discussion in a couple of whip meetings. i was asked what i thought. i said what i thought. i still believe that. but i respect the speaker. look, he's a friend of mine. we have a great relationship. he certainly can speak hones...