mcconnell a short time ago put out a statement saying the president's speech this morning did not do anything to help the work of the supercommittee. you are on that committee. what impact do you think the president's proposal and the subsequently bickering that will ensue, what will be the task before the supercommittee? >> looking at all of the ideas out there and the president put forward a credible sound proposal for consideration of the committee. republicans can also put forward proposals and we need to discuss all of them. just last week speaker boehner, the speaker of the house said we shouldn't have bright lines and no one should draw lines in the sand and proceed to say the supercommittee had to address the deficit his way. the president is asking for a balanced approach. every bipartisan group, every one of them has looked at this and said we all need to be in this together.