Boehner dances to Tea Party's tune

In this week's edition of "it's so obvious," having received his marching orders from the GOP Tea Party caucus, Boehner reneged on the payroll tax deal.

Yesterday, Boehner called it a "good deal." Today, hours after his conference call with the TP crackpots in his party, he rolled over like a well-trained dog.

[I]n an interview with NBC’s “Meet The Press” on Sunday, Mr. Boehner said the two-month extension would be “just kicking the can down the road.”

Which is exactly what he said when they were holding the economy hostage back in July over the debt ceiling. Oh wait, no he didn't. Pretty sure that was Cantor who said they could deliver a two year bill. Because nobody wanted to be debating another government shutdown at Christmas time. But Cantor blew up that arduously crafted "grand bargain" back then, leaving Boehner to play the useful fool.

And it was Cantor leading the crackpot caucus revolt yesterday. A cynic might think Cantor is still pissed off about being cheated out of that gavel he's been lusting over for years and is doing everything he can to undermine and embarrass Boehner. And if the rest of us get screwed while they wrangle over power, well, so be it.

Adding: If they're really so concerned about the short term uncertainty for middle class Americans, they could just amend the extentions and doc fix for a year now, with the pay-fors to be determined later. When they're not rushing to get out of town for the extended holiday.

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