all the different networks and one way or another they re going to act at some point, but bulls, here was john mccain last night. this is really, his leadership of the republicans in the house and the speaker is clearly he s at stake if he can t bring his people along. of course, mccain has been very, very critical of some of these tea party members. he said in a wall street journal editorial trash what s they called tea party hobbits. kentucky senator rand paul didn t take that criticism very kindly. i d rather be a hobbit than a troll, and the hobbits were the good guys. they were the heroes in it s battle for middle earth between good and evil, and there s a certain amount of good and evil up here. well, clearly rand paul has read all of those books carefully. gave you the full-fledged plot line. look, a lot of people are trying to figure is speaker boehner in tribble? boehner, cantor and mccarthy were linked in this.
tv. look what they did? they were sitting around so went over and made the rounds with all the different networks and one way or another they re going to act at some point, but bulls, here was john mccain last night. this is really, his leadership of the republicans in the house and the speaker is clearly he s at stake if he can t bring his people along. of course, mccain has been very, very critical of some of these tea party members. he said in a wall street journal editorial trash what s they called tea party hobbits. kentucky senator rand paul didn t take that criticism very kindly. i d rather be a hobbit than a troll, and the hobbits were the good guys. they were the heroes in it s battle for middle earth between good and evil, and there s a certain amount of good and evil up here. well, clearly rand paul has read all of those books carefully. gave you the full-fledged plot line. look, a lot of people are trying to figure is speaker boehner in
could make or break the debt crisis and i know you re saying i ve heard this before. but here is the deal today. lawmakers are not mincing words. less than five days to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on government bills. today the house is due to vote on speaker john boehner s plan. as his own party holds the majority of votes he is really getting frustrated with the divisions that threaten its passage. in a closed door meeting, boehner actually told the feuding republicans, quote, get your ass in line. then veteran senator john mccain who blasted republicans quoting an article owe tea party hobbits. joe, let s begin with you. boehner not too happy obviously. first you have the president that storms out of a meeting weeks ago. now you got boehner using a harsh word, shall shall we say, to try to get the votes to win the house. reporter: yeah. you know, this is a very high-stakes game. and it s, obviously, the most important point. in speaker boehner s speakershi