“I respect the conversation we had together,” McCarthy told reporters at the White House after the meeting, calling it “a good conversation” that yielded “no agreements, no promises, except we will continue this conversation.”
“We had different perspectives, but we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get to,” he said. “I can see where we can find common ground.”
He declined to divulge details, saying: “The president and I are trying to find a way that we can work together, and we will continue to do that.” Asked if Social Security and Medicare cuts are on the table, McCarthy said: “No, we’re not talking about that.”
[While Democrats oppose talks over the debt ceiling, Biden seems at least open to it. And he should be — that’s called governance. The debt ceiling is a public policy that is and should be negotiable, as long we continue to have one. Whether we *should* is another matter. — Ed]
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