I will not vote for the debt ceiling increase until I see a plan in place that will deal with our long-term debt obligations, starting with Social Security, a real bipartisan effort to make sure that Social Security stays solvent, adjusting the age, looking at means tests for benefits.

I’m not sure he’s saying that SS is part of deficit spending. His linkage is awkward, and, like I said, his belief that a permanent military presence in Afghanistan is in any way a good idea is crazy, IMHO.

I just gave him props for bringing up a real sore thumb issue that will eventually need to be addressed, because it is so important to so many people.