When only a quarter of the American public supports your policy and your approval ratings are at 45 percent and this is sucking up all the media coverage, why not take this off the table and sign a good piece of legislation from Ted Cruz? You can barely get the majority of your own party to support it. You don’t want the Democrats using this issue, and they are.
Sure, give the baby the lollie pop. That will teach’em not to throw tantrums.