as former republican senator jon kyl said, a conservative by anybody's calculation, senator kyl saidduring a previous s.g.r. debate let's use war savings for one last time to wipe out the debt congress has built up by overriding reductions in payment to doctors, and from that point on, war savings would only be used for defense. so there you have my proposal, mr. president. truth in budgeting all around. wipe the slate clean on medicare so you can support seniors and their doctors and move forward with real reforms along the bipartisan lines the house and senate has already agreed to. i would add that if the congress took the action i just proposed, mr. president, it could go further and address the health extenders. unlike the s.g.r., these are real programs, helping, for example, vulnerable low-income seniors, rural communities and seniors who need a variety of their -- therapies. each one of those has strong bipartisan support. this, too, can be addressed in a fiscally responsible manner, a big chunk of the cost of ten years' worth of these extenders could be addressed with saving