- U.S. Representative Jason Chaffetz "said he was well aware of how the leadership had used his and others' willingness to let a default happen as a negotiating chip, and said he didn't mind at all. 'We weren't kidding around, either,' he said. 'We would have taken it down.'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/origins-of-the-debt-showdown/2011/08/03/giqa9uqizi_print.html 44 comments politics