Don't hurt yourselves with all those concessions, Republicans.
At his weekly press availability House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said the key Republican concession is "the fact that we are voting -- the fact that we are even discussing voting for a debt ceiling increase." He claimed this was a significant move. "What I don't think the White House understands is how difficult it is for fiscal conservatives to say they're going to vote to pay for a debt ceiling increase."
The Republican leadership, McConnell, Boehner, and Cantor, voted to raise the debt ceiling five times during the Bush years when the nation debt grew from $5.95 trillion to $9.815 trillion. Good job on the national debt, boys. You're great.