i underen sta. i understand the disappointment in the deals that boehner has put forth and he's gotten republicans to sign off on. i get it. could we ever get the kind of deal you want? >> i think we've always settled for less than we can get with this leadership. at the end of the day, the american people want better than this. and they're going to say, this is what you did? this is considered a great, bipartisan deal? and at the end of the day, spending's going to go up. the deficit is going to be higher. >> you used a very interesting word. you said leadership. that brings the question boehner. boehner is now in a very tough situation. and he's going to be looking over his shoulder at people like you. is his speakership in jeopardy? he can't get you. whether he does that, does that put his speakership in jeopardy, will you stay with bain oehnerb? >> i don't see any speaker losing at midterm. they haven't even asked us. we've been out of town for the weekend. and all of a sudden think haey this de