compromise. >> well, you know in washington, they tend to do things at the last minute, so i'm still hopeful that with the support and the outpouring we're hearing from the american people, congress will act. i just had a meeting in the roosevelt room with representatives of various veterans groups. they're concerned about the people who have served our country, who have made enormous sacrifices, both they and their families, worried maybe we won't be able to pay or veteran benefits. these are real challenges we have to look at straight on, which is why the president wanted to remind the american people of this last night. it's not trying to scare people. it's just trying to be honest and candid. we are down to the home strep. we still have time for both houses to act and for the president to sign what should be an automatic bill that's signed. if you think about it, ever since ronald reagan, every president where this has come up, we've had the debt ceiling raised time and time and time