Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I think the real crisis is that default, the one that we are screaming toward because of our refusal to engage."

"One way to avoid a potential cataclysm is to pass a clean debt ceiling increase now, not delay..."

"So would you agree that my analogy--blindfolded man walking toward a cliff, and we do not know exactly what date he will fall off..."

"The debt ceiling deniers need a dose of debt ceiling reality, and you have given them that today."