because nobody wants to cut spending except and it will be some what painful. but not cutting spending is going to be disasterrous for our country. >> chris: let me pick up. you just heard republicans say the problem is the president isn't searous about cutting spending, senator mccaskill. let's watch. >> house republicans already pass today bills to replace the president's sequester. so the question is why won't he work with us? and the answer quite simply is because he wants higher taxes. >> chris: now, i know you talk about a balanced approach but clearly the republicans aren't going to agree to that. not saying who is right or who is wrong. but senator mccaskill, republicans are talking about passing something that week that would give agencies, give departments more flexibility to set priorities so that the cuts could be made according to what makes sense and doesn't make sense instead of across the