President Back Stab

Let this be a lesson to John Boehner and other Republicans who may have private negotiations with Obama - everything you say can and will be held against you.  He was overheard talking to big money donors in Chicago:

CBS Radio News White House correspondent Mark Knoller was listening in on an audio feed accidentally kept open.

President Obama's harshest words were for the Republican whom the president has praised in public for offering serious attempts to address the deficit: House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.

"When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, he's just being America's accountant ... This is the same guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for. So it's not on the level."

The president also recalled his dealings with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, over GOP attempts in the budget bill to de-fund the health care legislation.

"I said, 'You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We'll have that debate. You're not going to be able to do that by nickel-and-diming me in the budget. You think we're stupid?'" The president recalled saying.

He'd paid "significant political costs" for passing health care, the president said, and he wouldt give it all away so easily.

Of GOP attemps to de-fund Planned Parenthood, the president said he told Boehner: "Put it in a separate bill. We'll call it up. And if you think you can overturn my veto, try it. But don't try to sneak this through."

This is what Obama really thinks of you, GOP, and you better start negotiating with that in mind.