I‘ve criticized Mitt Romney on a number of occasions for being unserious about reforming entitlements. Over the course of his campaign, he’s attacked Texas Gov. Rick Perry, repeatedly, for criticizing Social Security as a Ponzi scheme, and declared at at a Florida senior citizen community that, “when you see your friends with signs that say keep your hands off our Medicare, they are absolutely right.” But now, with a USA Today op-ed, Romney has begun to lay out his approach to reforming entitlements.

In the op-ed, Romney said we have to “ensure that both Medicare and Social Security are made sustainable for future generations.” To do that, he writes: