We’re still hearing about how an unelected talk show host hoped Barack Obama would fail. So an elected and prominent House Democrat hoping the all-important deficit commission fails? Fair game.

“I hope that they cannot reach an agreement,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said, according to Capital New York.

Some Democrats have suggested that they might have the upper hand in the negotiations because of the rare opportunity for deep reductions in defense spending — something some Democrats have wished for before.

By all means, our biggest fiscal issue by far is entitlement spending, with more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities. But let’s try to “fix” (read: ignore) our real problem by gutting national defense — one of the only explicit responsibilities of the federal government. Priorities.