this very short-term lens, which is, we just have to have a victory. and a lot of these guys may be facing primary opponents. and they want to say, we've done something. and they're going end to up defending a bad bill. but in the long-term, as a strategist, i look at this and think, we rush through a bill just o get something done. and we're going to be republicans defending a tax bill that adds $1 trillion to the deficit as republicans? that's a big problem in the long-term. >> hmm. the president so reportedly saying that a government shutdown could be in his political interests. is that true? we'll talk about that when we come back.