i'm going to roll back the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. for the wealthiest americans. for the wealthiest americans. it is true that i want to roll back the bush tax cuts on the very wealthiest americans. >> wow! >> reporter: so i'm not sure you got that there. during the campaign he frequently said -- >> i think i got it. >> you got it. it was a centerpiece of his campaign. and i was following him through all of those states and we heard it at every single stop that i can remember covering him during that campaign. so will this come back to haunt him? the white house will take the position that they had no choice. you heard the president say. and will try to slam republicans going into the 2012 campaign for putting washington in the position of having to re-enact bush's tax cut plan. but the problem is as i'm sure you know and everyone has been discussed this, he's been so have you gone i. vigorously attacked from the left by the