The president, as David Plouffe said yesterday, regrets that vote and thinks it was a mistake. He realizes now that raising the debt ceiling is so important to the health of this economy and the global economy that it is not a vote that even when you are protesting an administration's policies you can play around with.
Jay Carney explains President Obama's change of stance on raising the debt ceiling.
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We don't question the right of something like this to be published. We just question the judgment behind the decision to publish it.
He is, when you have two four-star generals, highly respected, who served under you say so, I think that's disqualifying.