In some ways they got the democrats to give in by giving agency flexibility. i don t know if it hurt the democrats because we stopped the delays at the airport and we re still making cuts that will somehow help our massive deficit and debt. that is win for both parties. moving forward it s not clear over whether they will do this again for other agencies. i think that is where we re headed right now. we re going to do it a piecemeal approach dealing with agency cuts. i don t think for democrats it s not necessarily bad thing for them. heather: give them all a little more flexibility. i saw an article an opinion piece in the l.a. times written by paul whitefield. he said that is how you get congress to spend money, you cramp their vacation plans. it was interesting that they were all leaving for this one-week furlough, this week recess. they ll take to the airports and head home to their families on time as a result of what they ve done in washington.