a deal done as did harry reid. i think both of them are experienced, wiley, tough negotiators, wolf. and they let the house, they watched the and theics in the house and when john boehner couldn't get anything done, i think they were a little surprised at what the occurred but then they decided okay, we've got to step in now because we're at the precipice of something really catastrophic and can't let this happen. >> it's interesting, the last time we went through this kind of fiscal crisis averting the fiscal cliff, mitch mcconnell was very much involved in a last-minute deal. that time it was the vice president, joe biden who represented the democrats and worked out the deal with him. harry reid came on board afterwards. this time harry reid really wanted to take charge. >> harry reid wasn't happy with that deal in 2011. looking back on it, i don't think the president was very happy with it either. he didn't like the sequesters that came as a result and so i