Barack Obama actually said...

"what I really want right now is to — to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday"

"I think it has proven difficult for Speaker Boehner to do that."

"The one thing we can't do--cannot do--is decide that we are not going to pay the bills the previous Congresses have already racked up."

"I remain confident that we will get an extension of the debt limit and we will not default."