GOP won't push Medicare cuts at budget talk

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Source: MSNBC

Senior Republicans say they will look for common ground Thursday at debt-reduction talks and not push their contentious plan to overhaul Medicare, the Washington Post reported.

But that doesn't mean the GOP is backing away from its Medicare privatization proposal as a monthslong negotiation over what to do about the spiraling U.S. debt gets under way.

Vice President Joe Biden and top lawmakers are hoping to cut a deficit that could reach $1.6 trillion this year. Both sides have modest expectations going into Thursday morning's meeting at Blair House.

"This perhaps is just the beginning, but one that can hopefully form the framework for a productive series of meetings," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, who represents House Republicans. "We need to understand where they're coming from."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42908285/ns/politics/

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Caution from the GOP. That's a first.

EDIT: They act aggressive and intimidating, but run at the first sign of real political danger.