been brought forward by republicans. even though this is the only plan that addresss the problem in a structural, permanent binding way. for reasons i explained in my book, we have to amend the constitution to change the way washington spends or we'll continue to do the same things over again that go us into this mess. >> you her the tensions between the president and john bane -- you heard the tensions between the president and john boehner. talk from influential people pointing the finger at you all and people who are supported by the tea party saying that you are being intransigent and cantankerous and you need to get in line what is your reaction to that? >> my reaction is that is pure hypocrisy. they own this now. we gave them an opportunity to raise the debt limit which was an opportunity that the democrats in the senate didn't give george w. bush to give him their vote. >> let me jump in for a moment. one of the issues with the balanced budget amendment as