Heard on Descent Down the Water Slide

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) exasperated with House Tea Partiers “giddy” over impending shutdown.

Tea Partier Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT): “I don’t care what John McCain thinks” about shutting down the government over Obamacare. Video.

Sen. Collins denounces GOP Obamacare strategy.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on impending shutdown: “We’ve very excited. It’s exactly what we wanted, and we got it.”