but what s happened here, pat, is everybody that supports entitlement reform now gets lumped with paul ryan s plan, so doesn t it make sense for the senate to come up with their own plan that doesn t completely change the program? you know, joe, i think it does because you cannot go into the election of 2012 with the ryan plan. there s no doubt, as you ve said and everybody said, social security, medicare, medicaid, and frankly foreign bases all have got to be dealt with, but the oblem is, i think, the ryan thing looks like it abolishes medicare or it lends itself to a demagoguic argument which ends medicare which is a very tough argument to go against when you re in sound bite territory. you re exactly right. you cannot win that argument. too much on your plate? no matter when you get around to booking, hotels.com will have a great last minute deal waiting for you. like at the hotels.com 48 hour sale. this tuesday and wednesday only.