WASHINGTON -- Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus defended newly minted Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan on Sunday, saying that if anyone had ''blood on their hands" regarding Medicare cuts it was President Obama.
The most controversial part of the Ryan budget is the Wisconsin representative's proposal to end the guaranteed benefit in Medicare and instead give recipients vouchers to pay for private insurance. As The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim has explained, "By reducing the amount of money that Medicare would pay out over time, the plan reduces its long-term costs in an effort to become solvent without raising taxes or lowering health care costs. But it leaves seniors on the hook should costs rise faster than the value of the vouchers."
Democrats have already started going after Mitt Romney and Ryan on this point.
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