backing away from what he thoot they wanted in the first place, referring to this conrad gregg fiscal commission idea. >> we were sure there was going to be bipart san, only to see seven republicans who co-sponsored the idea in the first place, suddenly decide to vote against it. i'm opening to honest differences of opinion, but what i'm not open to is changing positions because of short-term politics. >> what about the seven republicans that wanted the president to create this commission that would have some real teeth. the last minute she switched and voted the other way. >> it wasn't at the last minute that followed the explosive expansion of government and the debt. it would have included tax increases, even as ms. frommer says, you can't raise taxes in a recession, it's contractionnary.