My first thought was, no way! No sane, honest, rational politician would ever allow the U.S. government to default on its debt due to an accounting technicality

My first thought was, no way! No sane, honest, rational politician would ever allow the U.S. government to default on its debt due to an accounting technicality. My second thought was a more pessimistic: A remarkable number of U.S. senators and representatives today act in ways that seem neither sane, nor honest, nor rational to me. I hope those politicians don't carry the day.