Mike Johanns actually said...

But, see, what I want to get to, here, is, how do we do this safely? That's the point.

Kind of an unusual phenomena that to pay for things, you would actually have two choices, cut spending or raise taxes.

I think Congress has indeed been flexible.

now is the time for the United States to promote a policy of 'resist and deter' rather than 'acquiesce and deter'