CNN's Jim Acosta, reporting on the "Cut, Cap, Balance" pledge sponsored by grassroots conservative groups, quipped that "it's not exactly cut, cap, and balance. It may be more body-slam and pile-driver."
The pledge, which GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is the latest Republican to promise to sign, entails opposing raising the debt ceiling unless three conditions are met: cutting the deficit, establishing spending caps, and passing a balanced budget amendment.