CNN's Acosta Derides Conservative Debt Ceiling Pledge as Extreme

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.