joining me now in washington, democratic senator mark warner of virginia and republican senator john cornyn of texas. both members of the senate budget committee, a very busy committee this year, let's face it. right off the bat, a government shutdown on friday? >> i hope not. think earlier segment where you had general jones talking about libya, talking about america's interest in trying to promote democratic governments across the region, what kind of signal would it send if we were to shut down our government, basically over a couple of social policy riders added to the budget bill? there has to be some agreement about the top line number. we have to show we as the american government can get our