thanks for joining us tonight, if this doesn't work, how severe a position will we be in as a country? if this doesn't work, if we do the $900 billion over 2 years, if we come back and are sitting here two years from tonight and we're in the same spot, now what? >> well, clearly we have to put in place, if we're not doing it now, we have to do it in two years. we have to put in place a plan, both for revenues and spending that will begin to bring down deficits. and that's -- everybody has his or her own opinion as to whether we'll have the courage to do that. >> senator bingsaman i appreciate for time. >> good to be with you. coming up, the beckster loves to talk about fiscal responsibility, but he's gone missing in action on the $900 billion tax deal. we're calling him out. the tea party hypocrites in the "battleground" story tonight. where's the march? where's the protest. oh, there he is again. the weeper in house. i mean, john boehner, can't keep