GREENVILLE, S.C. — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a conservative favorite and possible 2016 GOP presidential contender, came to South Carolina on Monday to help Gov. Nikki Haley kick off her re-election bid. His appearance — joined by fellow governors Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry — was mostly about Haley, but after his speech I asked him what he thought about the effort by some Republican lawmakers to defund Obamacare.

“I think in the end, the only caution I put up is, I don’t think you should shut down the government for it,” Walker told me. “I think people, at least in my state, Republicans like me want less government, want limited government, but we want government that works, and I don’t think shutting things down makes anything work.”