John Thune: “But I’m hopeful that that is not the position of the Democrat Party, the Democrat conference here in the Senate, and…”

If the result is only achieved by nuking the legislative filibuster, we don’t have the votes to do that and so that’s not a — that’s just not a realistic option

I would love to have some spending cuts associated with the debt limit debate.

I mean I can't defend anything that guy says or does.

I’m a realist. But I feel good about where things stand.