Or, maybe no deal? Maybe Boehner finally figured out he waited too long and a deal at the last second looks like he's the weak one, while the Dems held strong?
10:21 p.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: WAITING GAME: outside GOP mtng, hearing applause. Overheard GOP member I'm hall say "republicans will be happy"... But no final yet.
Politico says Boehner pitched a deal to his fellow Repubs tonight and due to time issues, the Senate may pass a one week continuing resoluton, but only if a deal is on the table in principle.
Moving on to other topics: Is anyone surprised there are still secret prisons in Afghanistan? The military confirms it to the AP, but it's okay, they're just "gray sites" not "black sites."
How's the trial going for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko and the other men snatched in Liberia and flown to NY by the DEA after an elaborate sting? Hard to say, since no one is covering it and the court has not posted any updated pleadings -- or even minutes of the proceedings -- on PACER. I've never seen a "blackout" on a court docket before, but that appears to be what's happened. Here's one account from a Russian news service after the first day. Scroll down to the video "RT's latest report on Konstantin Yaroshenko."
Via Sentencing Law and Policy, a federal judge in Iowa says he'll keep using the 1:1 crack powder cocaine ratio rather than the 18:1 contained in Fair Sentencing Act. Excellent opinion, available here.
No verdict today in the Barry Bonds trial. The jury asked to rehear a secretly recorded conversation that Steve Hoskins conveniently found at the last minute, and Monday, will re-hear the testimony of Kathy Hoskins, who testified she saw Gregg Anderson inject Bonds in the stomach.
Trainer Greg Anderson got to go home from jail.
And the defense scored a bit of a win today when it complained to the judge that Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Parrella misrepresented some evidence to the jury during closing arguments. They said it was prosecutorial misconduct and the jury should be called back in and told to disregard his comments about it. The judge agreed to call the jury back in but she told them only there had been "a little glitch."
Parrella mistakenly told jurors that former San Francisco Giants head trainer Stan Conte testified that one of Bonds’s trainers used flaxseed oil on his legs and ankles and thus Bonds knew the difference between the oil and a designer steroid called the Cream.
Illston told jurors that Conte actually testified he didn’t know anything about flaxseed oil and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeff Nedrow had correctly stated in his portion of closing arguments that Conte testified he never saw Bonds using flaxseed oil at the Giants clubhouse.
This is an open thread, all topics welcome.
