I’m with John Cole, especially after watching the impromptu interview with Barney Frank, having come out of the negotiations with a shiv in his back, after McCain and some other Republicans dropped a bomb.

The Dems need to step back entirely. It is not their job to make the Republicans accept Bush’s plan. This is a set up, a trap, a poison pill, and it’s time to let the Republicans fight this out among themselves.

Walk away. Now.