Reid: Would consider entitlement cuts in big deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he would consider cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security if they were part of a "grand bargain' that includes tax increases.

Reid defined a "grand bargain" as a plan that reduces future deficits by $4 trillion, the number used by President Barack Obama. Republican leaders oppose tax increases, so negotiators are focusing on more modest proposals.

Reid has resisted cuts to the major benefit programs, and previously …