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I don't know anybody else that's come up with it. what's the sweet spot now? what's a deal that both sides could accept. honestly do you think they'll be able to make it before thursday and the deadline. >> the second question, i have no idea. this much i do know. i said before the democrats had moved the goal posts by breaking the sequester. that's not just moving the goal post. that's a pi son pill. if you want to bring republicans together, tell them they have to break the sequester. the sequester is what democrats care most about. it's not obama care. it's getting the spending rolling agai...

I don't know anybody else that's come up with it. what's the sweet spot now? what's a deal that both sides could accept. honestly do you think they'll be able to make it before thursday and the deadline. >> the second question, i have no idea. this much i do know. i said before the democrats had moved the goal posts by breaking the sequester. that's not just moving the goal post. that's a pi son pill. if you want to bring republicans together, tell them they have to break the sequester. the sequester is what democrats care most about. it's not obama care. it's getting the spending rolling agai...

Can't be extorted in the future. he has to draw a tough line. talk about overplaying your hand, the poker analogy. the sequester levels would be baked in. now not only are they not going to get any serious extractions from obama care, but they might lose sequester cuts as well. >> maybe you can clarify, yesterday morning we were talking about maybe democrats would be willing to go along with this. i think a two-year delay in the medical device tax with obama care. is harry reid saying that's not part of the deal for him? >> that's still something on the table. some sort of alteration to the me...

Did happen because the super committee didn't arrive at a deal. there are automatic spending cuts that are part of the law. if you extend the debt ceiling under the sequester, rather the government's funding under the sequester cuts, that means the cuts continue longer and the democrats don't like that. >> you asked for the sweet spot. a lot revolves around susan collins' proposal. the medical device passed 17-1. it would be good for the economy. there's bipartisan support. >> not even a repeal of the medical device act. this would be simply a two-year delay. >> clearly a permanent repeal woul...

Been when it gets to this point, mcconnell has gone around reid and to joe biden, the vice president, and there is some reporting about reid and a lot of democrats in the senate don't like the deals that joe biden has cut. he caught the fiscal cliff deal. he cut the deal, the debt ceiling deal two years ago, gave us the sequester, the super committee, the fact he's renegotiating this instead of biden maybe shows democrats feel they have more leverage here. >> don't underestimate the rethat the reid felt cut out in that deal with biden and mcconnell. and reid doesn't -- we were talking earlier ...