Political sacrifice?

Yesterday I heard a story that President Obama is willing to sacrifice his legacy and a second term over the debate on nation’s borrowing limit.  The President reportedly stormed out of the talks saying, “I’ve reached my limit. This may bring my presidency down, but I won’t yield on this.”

I've been thinking about it and wonder if he means it.  It certainly could just be dramatic 'politics as usual' to get him to (and through) the 2012 election.  We've certainly had our fair share of political posturing on both state and national levels over the past few weeks.

My wish is that our leaders would 'lead' instead of factoring in the "I've gotta get re-elected soon" component into the mix.  

If every elected official made the very tough decisions on what was best for reducing our staggering debt (or for fixing Medicare and Social Security etc....take your pick!) instead of getting re-elected, imagine what would be accomplished.  

"I don't care about getting re-elected!"  "I'm willing to sacrifice my political career."

Now THERE are some campaign slogans I can get behind.