Judd Gregg: “I agree that additional funding for the consortium should be considered in the supplemental bill to support our…”

My experience in these debates, the person who wins is the person who establishes himself with the American people toward the audience, this can be a huge audience, as being one reasonably likable.

Your careers may end happily before the reckoning. Your reelections may not be threatened by your inaction. But your consciences should be.

I think Dr. Rivlin is absolutely correct on both points, and Simpson-Bowles did the same thing that Domenici-Rivlin did, which was to actually increase benefits to single women over 85, and low-income individuals.

If our goal is to reach a deal, we should not get engaged in this fight.