divide between house hard liners and the gop establishment and by yesterday leading republican voices were openly calling on house speaker john boehner to back down, to agree to a two-month extension or risk ruining the brand. and tonight looking grim, he did just that. there s always a right thing to do and while everyone asked for a full year extension of these programs, a lot of people weren t willing to put the effort in as the holidays were approaching to get it done. our members were. so i m proud of the efforts that they put into this. dana bash is going to join us shortly to explain the mechanics of the deal, the specifics. president obama was quick to praise the outcome. this is the real money that will make a real difference this people s lives and i want to thank every american to remind folk in this town what this debate was all about. and to give an idea of the intense pressure that lawmakers were feeling, take a look at these two entries from rick crawford s