A Freshman GOP'er Reads The Tea-Leaves

This is kind of awesome:

"The extreme wing of the Republican Party is making a big mistake with their flat-out opposition to a short-term continuing resolution," Grimm said in a statement. "I know that there is some opposition to working with Senate Democrats from the extreme right of the tea party who would rather see a government shutdown than pass a short-term solution; however, as long as we continue to cut spending each time, we are keeping our promise to the American people to reduce the deficit and fix the economy."

Now, before we give Grimm too much credit here, remember, this guy has a lot to lose if his party looks nuts. He's a freshman, from Staten Island, New York City. He can't win if they shut-down the government over extremist stuff. He's looking at this smart. He'll probably not benefit though, because his party will ignore him, and voters won't give him credit for this.