John Kerry actually said...

"Any real solution needs to be balanced with a mix of revenues and spending cuts and long-term reforms."

"But you can analyze--I mean, you have told us that if we fail to come up with anything that deals with the unsustainability, we are sending a bad message to the marketplace, aren't we?"

"Is it possible, in your judgment, to structure a system that lowers the rates, broadens that base, and improves progressivity and creates growth in your judgment?"

"Didn't we contribute to them relatively substantially when we passed the preferential treatment on capital gains and dividends?"