sebrina and strategist joe. and so sebrina, in years past he had offered to trim social security increases and other benefit programs, but the house speaker john boehner s response says that this reaffirms what has become all too apparent, and the president has no interest in doing anything, even modest to address the modest debt crisis. sebrina, you see a political motive behind the president s decision? well, it is a kcombination o a political motive and also the fact that there is not a reason for the president to include the change of cpi in the budget. last year it was in the context of the brand bargain and consequence of the sequestration, and the republican s request for revenues. and the grand bargain is debt,