I've played chess for years since my middle school days of being part of the chess club (remember in those days you had to choose a number of clubs to rotate to each semester)
But let's review below the fold of the dimensional Chess that everybody is saying is being played....
At the start of this 'debt crisis' the opening move was this....
Timothy Geithner pulling out a constitution and talking about the 14th amendment
The next few moves were distraction as the checkmate was set up.....
The President said his lawyers didn't think it was a working solution
The Republicans replied that would be 'impeachable'
Then the final moves began.....
More people in the Democratic process started talking about it.....
Republicans began making bad moves leaving openings for
Democratic actions toward Checking them......
Then today the first of the Checks began happening....
The Black Caucus calls upon him to act.....
and the surprise is announced.....Harry Truman did it....
There is legal precedent... who knew but the Chess Grand Master himself?
Our Constitutional teacher Obama.... Can someone check if he ever taught this in Chicago?
Check! Republican blank faces because they are internally fighting.....
Check mate is going to happen!
Its all another level of Chess!