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- Former UN Amb. Nikki Haley and Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis faced each other on a cold Iowa debate night.
- Both sought to make their cases to become the GOP presidential nominee, but they focused heavily on attacking each other.
- The result was Donald Trump skating by with a minimal amount of scrutiny that broke no new ground.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley ripped into each other during the Iowa GOP presidential debate on Wednesday, but in a classic version of the Prisoner's Dilemma, the payoff for each side appears to be minimal.