Why stop throwing bombs now?

Am I the only one who thinks the House Republicans are winning by rejecting the Senate compromise on the payroll tax? What happens next is 1)They get to bring everyone back to the negotiating table where they haven't lost a single dispute ever. 2) Even a stalemate means the tax cut expires which, sure, in sane world would make them look bad but in reality just means more hardship for wage earners during a Presidential election year. And that's always bad for the incumbent President regardless of how it came to be.