si sinema. i think congress has made the strongest point possible in breaking the filibuster because this is how the senate and congress now operates. the majority party should provide the votes to do this, and the minority party is going to oppose them tooth and nail, root and branch. that reflects the reality that the senate now, and the house as well, is now a quasi-p quasi-parliamentary institution. but the second half, that the minority should make a veto, because there is no other system in the world that has in effect a parliamentary mechanism for the legislature with a minority veto. it just doesn t work and we re seeing some of the consequences not only on the debt ceiling but all the other things you mentioned that are kind of stacking up one after the other. ron, you say this is a strong