Of course, as a political maneuver, this pretty smoothly gives the Democrats a soapbox: "Hey, we tried to negotiate! We tried to stop the default! We brokered a deal for a short-term solution to avoid catastrophe, and those Republicans refused!"
I'd like to hold the line, but it has to be done delicately or else we'll be the bad guys.
or else we'll be the bad guys. Conservatives are ALWAYS going to be the bad guys. You just have to man up and accept it, and do the right thing, regardless.
/johnny