VIDEO: David Corn on Whether or Not Obama Would “Kick the Can”

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Mother Jones DC bureau chief David Corn spoke with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and the Washington Post‘s Jonathan Capehart this week about the whether or not President Obama would be wise to accept a six-week debt limit extension. Watch here: