“I want everybody to shoot at it and tell me why it won’t work,” Coburn said.

He added that he wouldn’t be concerned if others join the gang of six in his absence, provided that the debt problem is addressed.

“Any way we solve this problem is fine with me,” Coburn said. But, he added, “you’ve got to touch Medicare, you’ve got to touch Medicaid. … It’s a [test] for sanity. Do you think Medicare’s gonna be providing exactly what it’s providing today five years from now? If you think that, I think you need to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. Because there’s no way we have the money to do that. No way.