Minority leader John Boehner, appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation yesterday, said he would vote for a bill extending tax rates for everyone but households making more than $250,000 if it’s “the only option I have.” Clearly he hadn’t read this week’s editorial!

Boehner’s concern seems to be public perception. He doesn’t want the public to think he’s blocking an extension of current tax rates for the middle class. As a Boehner aide later explained to Politico,