"I didn't know [Obamacare] was unconstitutional. I know how much you guys love the Constitution. Nobody loves the Constitution like you guys. In 2009, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act. Were they allowed to do that? … They are allowed to do that. They're allowed to make laws, and the President is allowed to sign laws. And what do we do if those laws are unconstitutional? Well apparently, nine pre-cogs in magic robes got together, looked at the Affordable Care Act, and decided it was not unconstitutional. So everything appears to have been done literally by the book! This bill is now a law, vetted by the very system all these Republicans profess to love. But to hear the Republicans tell it, the whole thing could just be avoided if President Obama would meet them halfway. It's a fucking law! I don't understand this! Bridge-divide-trying time is over! Nobody's saying it's a good law, nobody's saying it's a bad law, but it's a law! Are you familiar with how the world works? Did you see the Giants game on Sunday? OK, they lost 31-7. And you know what the Giants didn't say after that game? 'If you don't give us 25 more points by midnight on Monday, we will shut down the fucking NFL!' They didn't say that! What I'm saying is--wouldn't it be nice if the United States Congress aspired to the maturity and problem-solving capacity of football players? I'm all for a pox on both their houses when appropriate, but this is not a game of chicken. This is when someone is driving to work, and there's a car coming directly at them in their lane. That's not a game of chicken. That's an asshole causing a head-on collision. But perhaps nothing sums up the sheer ridiculousness of this situation, the degree to which the Republicans have left the plane of reason, more than this new talking point that they themselves rolled out this weekend: 'The President more than willing to negotiate with Iranians than talk to the House.' You're not helping yourself. If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hardline, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the world, but not with Republicans…maybe he's not the problem."

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-30-2013/jon-stewart-s-rockin--shutdown-eve

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