I believe Boehner gave up too much.  A TV pundit said that the Dems and Repubs "split the difference."  Nonsense.In a former occupation, I designed and taught a business negotiating skills class for the management training company I worked for then, and later wrote and sold a better class as an independent.  Back then, in a Neanderthalish zero sum game, if I "drop anchor" at 100, and you drop at zero, and the final agreement is 38.5, we obviously didn't "split the difference."  I lost.  Particularly considering that, as you know, the federal debt jumped $54B while they were debating what turned out to be a lesser decrease in spending.  Who's zoomin' who?Boehner should have said,  "We'll agree to a total decrease in spending equal to the additional debt we incurred while debating this issue. And, if you can't agree to that, let's shut down all but essential government functions...(Read Full Post)