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Things like accountable care organizations. in fact, weve actually seen very recently that the per capita costs of medicare are rising more slowly than they were before. so thats the path that we would take as opposed to a path that doesnt reduce the costs of health care. it simply transfers the rising costs and the risks on to seniors on medicare. and, again, you have to do that because their budget calls for hees huge tax breaks for the wealthy. its pretty simple math. if you say youre not goi...

>> let me ask you something, david, how does mitt romney in the very week that hes running an ad, that he says, im mitt romney, i approve this ad, its patently false and hes lecturing people on the quality of campaigns? he ought to be ashamed of himself. >> do you support $700 billion in cuts in medicare over the next ten years. >> im not running for president? >> do you? why cant you answer? >> paul ryan is running for vice president. >> david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." david, i ...

Spirited contentious debates in the budget committee on the floor of the house but always in a civil manner and i think that has actually crystallized the issues and ive told paul very clearly, the more the american people get to know his budget, his plan, the romney-ryan plan, the less people are going to like it. >> do you think that some of the language being used now already -- im sorry, in the last 48 hours -- what we thought was going to be sort of elevate the debate, were seeing -- were g...

And deficit. thats the central issue that people have been ignoring and there are a lot of people in the middle, frankly, swing voters who are angry and frustrated at the failure of president obama to deal with the long-term fiscal health of the -- >> the problem is, and i guess, is that those folks dont think medicare and social security is broken. they dont think its broken the way it is. they want it to keep working the way it is, even if they know that they have to change the model, right? i...

Ryan has certainly energized the republican base. were going to talk about the medicare proposal all morning because the congressmans proposal that could change medicare to more of a voucher system could drive seniors away from the republican ticket. in our latest wall street journal poll, romney had had a double-digit lead among voters 65 years and older. 54-43. remember, folks, this used to be a toss up category. democrats have seen an erosion among seniors in the last decade. in critical batt...

Republicans want a choice election now and team obama is all too eager to oblige. plus, with ryans reputation built entirely a career in congress, whats it like to do business with him? were going to talk to congressman chris van hollen. and a revealing sit down session with joe lieberman, the man who gave the democratic ticket a shot in the arm and came close to doing it in 2008 for the republicans. good morning. this is the second half of a special two-hour daily rundown. im chuck todd. conven...

I can telegraph certain things to the right but i can make moderates think i can come back to my roots, that im not as scary as some of the republican candidates. >> they decided not to etch a sketch. theyre going to stay right over here. >> that is over. that is over. what hes done is put all of his chips down on the heart of the republican government, which is that government health care, medicare, that social security, none of these things are worth paying for and we need to do, in the case o...

Long-term debt issues. so lets put those things on the table. corporate loopholes, instead of just turning to the piggy bank of social security and medicare. >> what about medicaid? would you cut that? >> the challenge that we have for medicaid is that we want to make sure that we dont simply shift the burden onto the states, which really cant afford that right now. again the conversations about these entitlement programs, while i find, you know, might be important for us to engage in, were conf...

Know, its not a slam dunk, because there really is no precedent for this. if the presidential candidate has an affair and somebody gives him money to hide it from his wife, does that influence the outcome of a presidential election. but either way you slice it, bill, thats all things that could come forward in court if there were an indictment but it looks like it could be a bad day for john edwards. if no plea deal is reached, very likely he could face criminal charges. bill: we await along wit...

Serve on one of our civilian nation building teams. good for him. sentencing is in two weeks. i imagine prosecutors may decline the offer as good as it is. i wish him well. what nerve. up next, house republicans vote to kill off medicare, of course, replace wit a voucher or some kind of $10 subsidy and now harry reid wants to force senate republicans to do the same. he wants them on the record. touche, harry. can the democrats make the republicans write their names on the bill? i want to get r...