Tom Cole actually said...

"we don't deal with our entitlement crisis; we don't deal with the bigger fiscal issues in front of us."

"Nobody did politically on either side. I don't think the services did. And we stumbled into a really bad situation that you are having to deal with."

"Yes, it does. I think that's something you have to take into account."

"I just think this process probably should have started a long time ago when red lines were being drawn."