Just out from the NRO's Robert Costa:
Per Sen sources, Boehner has agreed to take up the Senate's plan and allow it to pass with Dem votes.
— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) October 16, 2013 [4]
Assuming the above is accurate, the debt ceiling "debate" has just ended with Boehner folding like a cheap lawn chair again as he did during the Fiscal Cliff "negotiations", the GOP getting nothing, the Democrats getting everything they wanted, and US credibility - having taken the reserve currency to the edge - shaken now more than ever.