Speaker John Boehner just appeared live to promote his "bipartisan" solution. Then Eric Cantor slithered to the mike to denounce the sinisterly partisan Harry Reid. Then Kevin McCarthy whipped around to decry the irresolute White House and applaud his noble, fairminded bosses.
And there you have it: the honorable House leadership.
When the vote occurs this evening, I just hope we see a replay of the 1993 budget vote; I hope as scatterings of Tea Partiers vote "Yea," their uncompromising colleagues yell, "Bye-bye [insert name here]."