“Decisions have to be made. And I think from a concept I know where I think people should be able to get to,” McCarthy said. “I understand we don’t control the Senate and we don’t control the presidency.” …

“I think we could get a deal tonight, we could get a deal tomorrow, but you’ve got to get something done this week to be able to pass it and move it to the Senate,” McCarthy said. “That’s why we took action all the way back in April, even before she said it was June 1 — we thought it was in July. We don’t want to be in this last moment. I think that’s a terrible way to go.”

[That’s on Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer. The House passed its debt-ceiling increase almost two months ago, and Biden kept refusing to negotiate. Schumer refused to take up the bill. This should have been settled more than a month ago. — Ed]