This is just staggeringly dumb.
Sens. Conrad, Gregg, Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), George Voinovich (R-Ohio) and Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) publicly vowed to vote against raising the debt ceiling if a budget reform commission bill doesn't come along with it.
Defaulting on our debt would make America go bye-bye.
And a budget reform commission would make Medicare and Social Security go bye-bye.
This is posturing for the sake of doofus voters who don't understand what's at stake here. Besides, if these conservadems were so concerned about spending, they'd be wrapping their flabby arms around the public option right now -- a program that, even weakened, will reduce the deficit by over $100 billion.