02/24/2009
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"the PAYGO rule that has been in effect during different periods has played a useful, even though limited, role in trying to prevent the deficit from getting even worse."
"Above all recognize that our Constitution requires a willingness to compromise"
"every one of the proposals that you have put forward... presumes fundamental political choices about how we are going to get there."
"I think it is important, as we look at this challenge, to look at both sides of the equation there."