While the political jousting over the debt limit increase continues, the dirty little secret is that the dueling plans released today by House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., aren’t all that different, and it isn’t hard to see how they could bridge their remaining disagreements. Here’s a rundown of the similarities between the two plans, the big differences, possibilities for compromise and the remaining questions.

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