it in a more so fest indicated way. if you listen to ta interview in full, boehner kept coming back to the idea that spend sg a problem. he s making it appeal to those conservatives around the country who believe that. and there s large portion of people who do. even the president acknowledged that you have to do something to get the fed under control. the question is going forward in that march 27th deadline, the president has not been threatening, they thought, against it for another potential government shutdown which would be very damaging. but i think there is some sense, maybe, that they could find some temporary solution. i think that could be part of it. margie, explain the political strategy, though. we are now racing toward a potential government shutdown. there is the continuing resolution that will most likely make its way through the house to keep defense funding going. meanwhile, if republicans do want to choke off any forward motion for the president, isn t shutting do