Bob Schieffer, host of CBS’ Face the Nation, asked Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Sunday how the Republican Party was going to handle Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX): “What about Senator Ted Cruz? I asked Senator McConnell six ways from Sunday about how he was going to handle that part of it on -- from here on in, and he didn't really give me any specifics. Has Ted Cruz hurt your party?”

Later, after laying responsibility for the government shutdown on Cruz, Schieffer launched into a monologue: “It'll be awhile before we know for sure how much the shutdown cost. Best estimates so far it took about $24 billion out of the economy. The furloughed government workers will get their backpay, and they should. But how does my friend who owns the carry- out around the corner from our office get back what it cost him? His business is next door to a federal agency that employs about 700 people. Only 28 were declared essential, the rest stayed home.

During the shutdown, he had more people behind the counter than in front of it ordering sandwiches. And guess what? He's not too interested in whether Democrats or Republicans won the partisan showdown. But he knows who got the short end – him…. Like my friend at the carry-out, I'm losing interest in who wins the partisan games.”