Sen. Alan Simpson Still Has It

I've made mention on here a few times that I know Alan Simpson. Okay, I don't know him well enough to have him in my cell phone contact list but I've worked with him on a few different projects. When I knew him he seemed much more moderate but his response today to his Republican colleagues for still playing games with the debt ceiling reminds me of better times.

"We're at 15 percent revenue, and historically it's been closer to 20 percent," says Simpson. "We've never had a war without a tax, and now we've got two," he says. "Absolute bullshit."

In other words, stop playing games with the debt ceiling and let's move America forward.