Obama appointed left-wing, previously controversial head of Service Employees International Union, Andy Stern, to his new bipartisan Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. 

The new commission is designed to confront issues of our nation's debt, lead by former Clinton White House chief of staff, Erskine Bowles, and former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson from Wyoming.

Others appointed include David Cote, Ann Fudge, and Alice Rivlin.