The 2013 budget written by Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin sailed through the House on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 228 to 191. There were 10 Republican defections–up from four last year. Some Republicans who flip-flopped on the Ryan budget said the budget needed to cut more spending. This year’s budget actually cuts more spending in the short-term than last year’s budget did, and it incorporated some elements of the bipartisan Medicare reform endorsed by Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon.

Via Guy Benson, here’s a video of Paul Ryan at the top of his game defending his Medicare reform against Obama’s plan to have bureaucrats ration Medicare: