of these with an hour left on the clock or a half an hour left on the clock. he can insist, send me one-page bill with a debt ceiling increase on it and nothing else, and he can do that at the very last minute. that is the traditional form of a debt ceiling increase. there is, now, one thing, only one thing, that barack obama, john boehner, and mitch mcconnell agree on. >> i just completed a meeting with all the congressional leaders from both chambers, from both parties, everybody reconfirmed the importance of completing our work and raising the debt limit ceiling so that the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not impaired. >> i agree with the president that the national debt limit must be raised. >> the third option, and, i think, the least attractive