like the adults came in the room, i think that they re going to try to make sure they don t have this showdown in two months. i think if you have a romney sweep iowa and new hampshire, the tea party loses some of its edge. if you have a presumed nominee that we now have to show unity. and i think as one that s been an activist i was younger and more volatile, you get older and you re still an activist. you do choose what hill you want to die on. choosing a hill on where you re going to raise taxes on the middle class in the middle of an election is not exactly the hill you want to hang your hat on. ezra, what did we learn over the course of this fight over the payroll tax cut? because again as i say the idea that this is some great achievement for washington coming together to get this done, it was a two-month temporary kick the can down the road solution. what did we learn about the way we do business? it s appalling to see what the achievement is this year. the big wins we didn t