commentator scott jennings, and former deputy labor secretary chris lew who ran president obama s transition team. scott, first to you. republicans control both houses of congress. is canceling the august recess really going to be necessary to get their agenda moving forward? i think it s too early to tell. and i don t think the health care process is totally dead right now. i think there s movement going on this weekend. i know the data nerds and the spreadsheet junkies are sitting in the capitol building working and i know other leaders are working the phones. so we ll have to see what happens. of course it would be a devastating blow, i think, to the republican agenda if something doesn t happen by august. there s an old saying that time kills all deals. i think the more time that passes the less likely it is we get a deal on this. probably part of the reason mcconnell wanted to get a vote done as early as possible too. no question. the put up or shut up strategy i like becaus