the interest on the debt would have been paid in that event wallity.not have been paid would be the invoices. the u.s. government is the biggest purchaser of goods and services on planet earth. those are the people who would have been stiffed. businesses big and small that are federal contractors. those are businesses who want to say we want to run the government not close the government. >> we hear privately people saying that they are going to be more aggressive in primary's to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again, david. >> well, the tea party candidates in 2010 and 2012, the bad candidates probably cost five or six senate seats. and that is the difference between the republican majority in the senate and the republican minority today. we could have had mike castle run the government. >> will, i want to show you some polls here. the wririft within the republic party growing. in four months, the views of the tea party have dropped 19 points. they support the party's principles. so is this more a disagreement over tactics than goals