Blame the Republicans

McConnell and other establishment Republicans feared they would take the blame for any Government shut down, and even though the House bill was specifically designed to force Democrats to be the ones to shut down the government, they (the Republicans) refused to defund Obamacare.

It's difficult to understand the reasoning of the ruling class Republican establishment nit-wits.  Don't they know that however it turns out that in the famous words of the world's smartest woman: "What difference does it make?" Because the Democrats will blame the Republicans anyhow.  So what's there to fear?

We need Republican leaders that lead from their convictions and not from their fears.