He won’t negotiate out of principle and we’re the spoiled children?

Via WaPo:

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), appearing on MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown,” suggested that Democrats aren’t negotiating with Republicans out of principle — and out of worry that any capitulation would only embolden the cast-iron conservative wing of the party.

“Every parent knows that if you give into a spoiled child today, it’s going to be worse tomorrow,” Durbin said. “And that’s what we’re facing here.”

Durbin said Democrats would talk to Republicans about repealing the medical device tax, for instance, but not until the shutdown is over and the debt ceiling is raised.

“We’re not even going to consider that conversation until the government is funded and the debt ceiling is reauthorized,” Durbin said.