depreciate your race horses, joe. >> thank god. there's only one person at this table that has a stable of horses and it's not me. willie -- you walked into that one. >> in any event, the good news is they got deal done, they didn't have a shutdown, didn't have another round of brinksmanship but there's a lot of junk in there, a lot of tracks benefits for special interests. >> steve, i am very surprised you walked right into that. >> i did, i did. it's early in the morning. i'm not thinking clearly yet. >> i thought it was interesting, mika, that dana milbank, who always has a poison pen out for just about everybody, he's a tough writer, actually talked about a lot of the republican presidential candidates were making fools of themselves, that paul ryan is actually going about the business of governing.