doesn't think speaker boehner's plans has the votes. >> i am confident, as of this morning, that there were not 218 republicans in support of the plan. >> that was republican congressman jim jordan yesterday, but today, late in the day, starting to seem like speaker boehner's fortunes were changing. his debt ceiling proposal was reevaluated by the congressional budget office and he pitched that plan to republicans in the house with some very persuasive language, as he explained on right wing radio this morning. >> is it true that you told some of the republican members this morning that you need to get your a-word in line behind this debt ceiling bill? >> i sure {did. listen, this is time to do what is doable. >> joining us now from washington, for the very latest is john stanton, reporter for "roll call" newspaper, nice to have you, john. >> good to be here. >> so, i find myself in the strange position of actually sort of rooting for john boehner here, for him to do well, for him to have a better day today than he had yesterday.