John Thune actually said...

I would ask any who want to keep the government shut, tell us what parts of the government you want to keep shut.

I think we can do much better, and if we did follow regular order, do the budget, do the appropriation bills the way they're supposed to be ...

But isn't having some funding better than having no funding?

We are on--I guess we're in the middle of what really is, should be, an avoidable partial government shutdown that nobody wants, but nobody ...