so now let me bring in jan shah co sha shakowsky. i know you're a part of the commission and did not sign off on it. what was your concern with the commission? >> not only didn't i sign off on it, but i actually offered an alternative plan that said, yes, we can balance the budget, but don't have to do it on the backs of the elderly, middle class, and poor. number two, the defense budget had to be on the table. those were two things the president said today that he also liked about the deficit commission, and that he also wanted to adopt. so i actually agreed with him on