"The one thing I’ve learned in my years here is there’s one reason to talk about something, if you want to talk about it, to create a political climate. There’s another, the common sense way is what can I really get done? What’s the realities of the situation? And my recommendation to my friends in the House is, you know, it’s highly unlikely that many riders are going to get passed with a Democrat president and a Democrat Senate, so why don’t you take the spending and let’s get on to the budget," – Tom Coburn.
By the way, remember all those who told us the Tea Party was just concerned about the debt and were downplaying Christianism? I think we know better now. To shut the government down because Planned Parenthood offers some abortion services that are strictly segregated from federal funding is about as wacked as it gets.
The Dish 