In one of the few specifics he gave in this morning’s press conference, President Obama endorsed the idea of means-testing Medicare. In a column yesterday, I floated the idea as a possible compromise position, because it allows Republicans to say that they cut entitlement spending without raising taxes, and enables Democrats to say they asked more of the wealthy.

It’s worth emphasizing that Democrats already voted for means-testing as part of the health care law and Republicans did as part of their vote for Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget.