suggestions that that report worth considering. and everybody is hit. spending cut across the board, social security and medicare. the tax code would be fundamentally changed. might lose mortgage rate index deduction but get lower tax rate. everybody would suffer. tom coburn is one that at least had the courage to say i don t want to raise taxes but if it s a way to have a better conversation keep an open mind. russ feingold was largely thought having an open mind and one of the more bipartisan. that didn t help this election cycle. reporter: it did not. worked with john mccain on campaign finance legislation in the past. also a fierce and proud liberal opposing the war in afghanistan and iraq. a very interesting guy who lost his election. a young guy. we ll see what happens. good to see you as always. have a good show tonight. cnn is committed to keeping you informed on all the political news. the next update an hour away. we ve heard plenty bihybrid