Cr Editorial note: $4 trillion over a decade? Equivocates to a Masters Of the universe group masturbation exercise for old men...passage will no doubt ensue a collective association of back-patting and re-election rhetoric culminating in large doses of c… more »

By: CNN's Dana Bash and Ted Barrett and Rachel Streitfeld Washington (CNN) – Republican Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, is pulling out of so-called "Gang of Six" bipartisan negotiations for now – dealing a potentially fatal blow to the group that has been… more »