walks in with a deal. he doesn't know how to negotiate, how to walkway, how to say, no, here is a line in the sand. i think the house democrats are finally standing up and saying, we stand for something. >> he does know how to draw a line in the sand. nancy pelosi, she is the mama grizzly in this crowd. she is backing the caucus rather than the president. she has clearly made a choice. >> that is her job. i'm not surprised at some level she did that. i think you are exactly right. when it came to health care, she is the one that put backbone in the white house that was wavering about what to do. he sh she is the one that has mar marshalled the democrats. >> for more on the democrats open revolt, let's go to constitution avenue. joining us now from washington, a fierce critic of the president's tax cut deal, a