mick mcconnell and joe biden were sort of working together in that last standoff.s democratic source explains why joe biden has not been quite as visible ps as you mentioned, sometimes these discussions are going on and they are not read out to the news media. jay carner, the white house secretary, said to to me the other day in the briefing room sometimes these conversations are not read out to reporters for political reasons and perhaps because john boehner, the speaker of the house, doesn't want those calls right out because, you know, people in the tea party might be upset with the house speaker if it's known he is having lots of conversations with the president. i have also been told by white house officials this time around we are not seeing as many conversations between the president and house speaker john boehner as we saw in the last standoff mainly because both sides are so locked into these positions, these polarized positions that there really hasn't been that much to say at this point. perhaps because of that conversation earlier this morning, that is

mick mitch mcconnell had a clear miss and for his fellow republicans. it's time to move on. >> throughout this debate, the public has rightly focused on obama care for good reason. the refusal to -- republicans remained determined to repeal this terrible law. but for today, for today the relief we hope for is to reopen the government, avoid default and protect the historic cuts we achieved under the budget control act. this is far less than many of us had hoped for frankly, but it's far better than what some had sought. >> david, let me be brutal here and suggest that mitch mcconnell, obviously a smart guy. john boehner a somewhat -- well, you have to empathize on him in some level. he always looks like he's in distress. these two gentlemen knew all these weeks that they had the chance to pull the plug. they could always do it. and yet all those weeks when they knew they could do it, they threatened this country with downfall economically. i think that's a problem. if they had just told the country, you know, in the end we can talk, talk, talk, but in t

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leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell trying to work out a deal on the debt ceiling, republican leaders trying to consider to move their own short-term bill this week. joining us, mickcome back. >> good morning. >> obviously a lot of eyes on reid and mcconnell. possible the legislation originates in the house this week? >> sure. i think either possibility is on the table. whether something starts in the house, the senate, i don't think there's any magic formula. the senate may be further along on passing something over the weekend than we are. we're going back to washington as soon as i finish the interview and expect to be meeting all night tonight. i don't think anyone's got a feel whether it started in the house or the senate. >> what do you think tea party members in the house are going to insist upon, in terms of what's attached to this? is it a repeal of medical dev e device, how hard of a line will they run as we get closer to thursday? >> keep in mine, what we've asked for all along, we've never heard from the administration why it's unacceptable, one year delay in the individual mandate. we can talk about the details but from the president's perspective, it