MEDICARE OFF THE TABLE? “We are not going to reduce benefits at all,” Clyburn said,

[kpete]

Clyburn made the claim in an interview with Bloomberg News http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/james-clyburn-hopes-for-up-to-6-trillion-in-cuts-transcript-.html that’s set to air this weekend, a transcript of which is now on line. In the interview, Clyburn revealed that negotiators were zeroing in on up to $6 trillion in cuts, but when asked about Medicare, he seemed to take benefits off the table.

(From Transcript:)

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“We are not going to reduce benefits at all,” Clyburn said, when pressed on what he was willing to agree to on Medicare. He insisted that the Medicare reforms in the Affordable Care Act should be looked at as a template for moving forward.

“I would ask everybody to take a hard look at what we did last year, ” Clyburn said. “Over a 10-year period, what we did could be sufficient going forward.”

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-27/james-clyburn-hopes-for-up-to-6-trillion-in-cuts-transcript-.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/are-dems-drawing-hard-line-on-medicare-after-all/2011/03/03/AGZbBrCH_blog.html

[doc03]

1. Looks like Ryan has Bill Clinton on his side n/t

[Rageneau]

2. The article does not say one word about Clinton.

So where are you getting the Ryan-Clinton comparison?

Out of your hat?

[doc03]

3. Apparently you don't watch MSNBC or CNN both

had a video of Clinton agreeing with Ryan and crapping on Democrats. Here ya go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOrSURZKrcw