if you come together, then that kind of defeats, i don't know, the narrative or the ongoing battle, the war of words and so, look, mitch mcconnell, my understanding is, was talking to financial people who said, you know, don't spook the markets. if so, you'll be blamed for it. howie: you don't have to wait for the day of the default. he did blink after president biden called him out in a speech. it's striking to me, look at the stakes here. you spook the markets, you can lead to a government shutdown, could lead to a default all of which has real consequences, not just a game. >> plus, one of mitch mcconnell's top priorities right now is to do nothing to jeopardize the midterm elections. howie: yeah. >> you look at the democrats right now. they're struggling on a variety of fronts from the border, to afghanistan and inflation and so on. stay out of the way and see what the democrats do and by the midterms you may be rewarded. howie: here's another mitch mcconnell critic. take a look. >> mitch is not the guy, he's