As I was watching the "Today" show Friday, I was horrified by an answer President Barack Obama gave to a question asked by Chuck Todd. Todd asked, "Do you think Washington is broken? I ask you this because, when you did the recess appointment of Donald Berwick (for head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), you seemed to send the message of one of two things; either you didn't want to debate again on Capitol Hill which got a little raucous a year ago, or you know what, the Senate process is broken and we gotta go around it."