This would be giving them to much credit but boy would it be cool if it was true. The whole thing was a play. In that Boehner wanted it to look like a divide in the GOP house, drag out time, and drop this deal at the last minute, which only left time for CCB, forcing reid to bring it back as the last minute effort to avoid going to long.
I know not reality but man I can dream...
There is so much in play right now; hell, it could be right.
I'm wondering what the "lobbyists" are up to about now (K street; right?). All these talks of massive cuts has to be generating open wallets from lobbyists to congress-critters.