Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the news media with U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (L) at his side at 1:00 in the morning after the House of Representatives voted to send their funding bill with delays to the
No government, but keep the memorials.
 
I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that closing the war monuments was rapidly seized upon by Republicans as the most offensive thing about closing down the government. Programs for children, pregnant women, food safety and the rest of it can of course be shut down for the duration, but our war monuments—now that's the thing that just will not do. Just as with previous hurried efforts to refund the FAA lest congressional arsonists find their planes irritatingly delayed, it seems appropriate that the caucus can only find themselves worked up about the things they can see out their own windows. They're infants. They have yet to develop object permanence.