“A shutdown? It’s not happening, it’s really not, but I guess you won’t hear people say that out loud, including me. No one, you see, wants to be ‘out-toughed’ on Obamacare. We’re out here talking about repeal everyday. But the speaker and everybody else here know that the Senate votes, unfortunately, will never be there to pass a continuing resolution to defund Obamacare.”

– A “senior House Republican”