How Paul Ryan spurned deficit commission

He was enthusiastic, earnest, courteous and well - informed. Rep. Paul Ryan, in other words, certainly knew how to play the role of a sleeves - rolled - up, problem - solving deficit hawk as a member of the high - profile Simpson - Bowles budget commission. In the end, however, that was not the role Ryan chose to play — he was more of a loyal GOP partisan who wasn’t willing to step out on his own.