the president on this? guest: we have not yet today but the vice president we talked to the president several times. neil: what did they say? guest: he will be out on friday with his response. i think he wants to see where the votes are. he said this is a serious discussion and we should not shoot down any idea and we will have a serious discussion about the debt and that is what we is done. neil: did the vice president say this was a done deal? guest: the vice president . neil: gentleman, did the president monitor your progress or check in on you or you with he as this was going on? guest: yes, absolutely they knew what we were doing, and he knew we were, he believed in this commission and he will be just like tom coburn, just like judd gregg, just like senator coburn and senator durbin, there