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So yes or no. >> no, i don't think there's a deal right now. >> dana, deal by thursday? >> i think medvedev voois tax is weak tea. >> whatever happened to yes and no. >> we don't do yes or no on "the five." >> you're not on "the five." >> i know. i would say if the they can't do something about obama care and if you look at the front page of "the new york times" how it was a systematic -- >> deal by thursday? >> not if there's nothing with obama care, no. >> 11:59 at night thursday night. >> yes? george? >> these are splittable differences with the exception of the sequester. >> that was like ...

>> what will you do -- >> we are best and stay united on basic principles of less government, less spending. you'll see us stay unite thad we won't increase spending. the sequester has been one of the good things that's happened, one of the few things we've done where we've actually controlled spending somewhat in this town. >> let me ask you two direct questions. if you say you're not willing to accept that, are you prepared to let this go past the deadline on thursday when the secretary of the treasury says we'll go into default. i'm not asking you whether you think it's default. >> no one w...

Mcconnell manage to -- >> that's -- i want to pick up, because the whole house piece, this is fascinating, but let's just -- i want to make sure we understand what it is that harry reid and the democrats are looking for here. this susan collins plan we were talking about yesterday morning, it would have extended the debt ceiling until the end of next january. >> right. >> it would have put in this, like, process, where supposedly the house and senate would agree on a long-term budget plan before -- between now and january or i get -- otherwise, the debt ceiling wouldn't be raised then. the oth...

Invest and hire. the democrats would get that. with regard to the sequester it is true that the spending levels are supposed to go down in january. but they're supposed to go back up again a year later. you could move some of that spending from a year later forward. in the aggregate, the spending would be the same, but the democrats would get a little more right now. that's going to create a lot of heartburn for the republicans, particularly mitch mcconnell from kentucky. >> facing a tough re-election. >> if you can finesse that some way, you've got a deal. >> let me ask you in the time we hav...

Republicans cave? >> that's the only reasonable explanation for the fact that they have moved the goal post. their iron principle was they wanted a clean cr and a clean increase of the debt limit. now they've attached something to it, they want to change the law, the budget control act of 2011 to break the sequester. for years we've been told if only the republicans would listen to the moderates like susan collins. susan collins comes forward and says let's delay the medical devices tax for which there are bipartisan majority for complete refeel and enforce the affordable care act by having cr...