The Politics of the GOP Caucus

The devil tends to be in the details, and this practice of giving Republicans cover on the debt ceiling when what they're doing is threatening to blow up our economy is one of the proudest traditions in these like beltway outlets. And there's just never any learning from it at all. The freedom caucus people are happy to run right into that buzzsaw because it's not their buzzsaw. They're all in safe seats with a couple of exceptions.