a letter calling on line to use the continuing resolution to defund obama-care authored by representative mark meadows split the so-called jedd die council, a secretive group of top conservatives helping boehner sketch a debt ceiling strategy. in the meantime the treasury department warned lawmakers the country will hit the debt ceiling earlier than expected. sometime in mid october. raising the possibility of an unprecedented default. our own suzy kim re minds us on the all in blog, boehner s threats may just be bluster. boehner has already shown himself willing to let his instinct for political survival overrule the right wing flank of his party. joining me now, ben demenich, research fellow at the think tank institute. he co-founded red state , a conservative blog. i find the internal battle over the looming obama-care fascinating. seems to me boehner is in a pretty tough spot in the right