>> would you say washington is not flexible? >> now you know why there is blame sort of being put on all sides and why all sides see some political value in this, because they have those clips that they can use. they can take it to their base and say, this is what the other side is doing to you to shut down the government, and they're using that as leverage to score some political points. one other thing is that republicans in the senate are unhappy with the idea of another cr. they've been passing crs for the last year, for the better part of the last year, and they're just exhausted. republicans controlling the house and the senate and the white house, they were supposed to bring back regular order. they were supposed to pass a budget through the normal appropriation process. the fact they're on their fourth cr, not something the military likes, not something republican budget hawks like, and there is some -- >> not something any family that has to make these tough choices every day, every week, every