Kent Conrad: “Cash is a fact. Income is an opinion.”

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.

I wish I could look you in the eye and say, you know, if we just had the will, we could reverse this, and we could go back to a time when defined benefit plans were on the increase. I do not think that is in the cards.

I thought he was an outstanding Committee Chairman, and my former intern has succeeded him in his Congressional seat.

Social Security's financial challenge affects nearly our entire society, and the solutions will require a broad-based approach.