“I think it’s a silly effort, and what people are really saying who are behind that effort is, ‘We don’t have the courage to roll up our sleeves and deal with real deficit reduction and spending decisions.
We want to take ourselves out of the debate and act like we are being principled to the American people by saying if there is one dime of funding for Obamacare we are not going to vote for the (continuing resolution),’ ” Corker said Tuesday morning on MSNBC. “I don’t look at that as very courageous.”
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130731/NEWS02/307310120/Sen-Bob-Corker-opposes-GOP-effort-close-off-financing-health-law-spending-bills
“I actually thought about calling an audible this morning and run over the the White House lawn to jump on Marine One to accompany the president when he came on down,” Corker said today in a telephone interview from his Washington D.C. office. “But we just decided in terms of advancing policy it would be best for me to stay here.”
Corker, a former Chattanooga mayor, said he talked with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough several times today, but decided in the end to stay in Washington.
Corker and other senators working on a budget agreement will meet with McDonough on Wednesday to continue their talks about ways to cut the deficit and spending, while still making smart investments to help boost the economy.
Corker seems to be the designated Cruz basher for Team McConnell.