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Said, you want to repeal health care? go at it. we'll have that debate. you're not going to be able to do that by nickel and diming me in the budget. you think we're stupid? >> reporter: the obama administration did not intend for this candid moment to become public but an audio feed so reporters not on the trip could hear his opening remarks was accidently left on. it was late in the evening and cbs radio correspondent mark knoller recorded it. a shot at congressman paul ryan, a vocal critic and the architect of a republican plan. >> he's just being america's accountant and trying to, you kno...

>> he has an opening thanks to ryan to try to vel his health care plan as positive as he runs for re-election and fires him up to have the debate other than his plan. >> and with the closed door mikes on, okay. washington's tough! i'm saying but that's the president's message last year. this year, the message is, hell, no, not over my dead body. and they love it! >> it's a plea for now depending what the courts say. health care is there. the white house has always said when people look at what they've been essentially given in the health care bill, they're not going to want to give that back, ...

I'm very happy later this afternoon, in matter of hours, we will be voting to save the american people $6 trillion, 6.go t6. $6.2 trillion over what the president expects to spend in our path to prosperity budget to create jobs and save our social net safety programs to put us on a path to reduce the national debt and all united in support of paul ryan. >> we have now context from the president in his own words in terms of how he approached this situation, budget battle. it was what he thought, though, was a private chat with campaign donors last night. president obama offered in this conversa...

President having fun in the sun. or the rain. presidential vacations have long been a part of the mythology of the american presidency. president clinton was a very visible visitor to the vineyard. and there's george h.w. bush at kennebunkport, ronald reagan on horseback, richard nixon walking the beach in wingtips, lbj on his ranch, jfk on hyannis port. it's part of the image. some conservatives complain that this president is taking too many vacations. we asked cbs radio's mark knoller, the white house press corps' unofficial record keeper. how does president obama stack up when it comes to ...

Golf with friends and hosting what he calls a fantasy camp with probasketball legends. and welcoming the reigning super bowl champions to the white house monday. mark knoller numbers reveal that president obama left the white house on 16 occasions to play basketball. in addition to countless times on the home court, he played 44 rounds of golf, played tennis. total sporting events at the white house, 45. that is six times the number of news conferences he's held since taking office. finally, a ten-day sales tax holiday in illinois saves shoppers 5% off the final cost of qualifying school items...