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How to Protect Speaker McCarthy From Defaulting in the House
President Biden said he cannot guarantee that some extreme Republicans won't force a default by doing something outrageous. There was some reporting in Politico that there were Democrats on the problem solvers caucus who were privately discussing ways to help protect Speaker McCarthy from being ousted from power. Is that true? And if so, how far along are those talks? I haven't been directly part of any of those, but I'll say this. Not defaulting is a win for the country. That should just be table stakes of what we all agree upon.