Consistency; Boner-Style
"Speaking to reporters today, Boehner insisted that the Senate compromise would not pass the House and that he had never supported it. I raised concerns about the two-month process from the moment that I heard about it, Boehner said.
How does that square with the timeline of events? Last Thursday, Boehner said: If the Senate acts, Im committed to bringing the House back we can do it within 24 hours to deal with whatever the Senate does.
Asked to square those two statements, Boehner spokesman Michael Steel told me that Boehner had merely pledged to vote on the Senates compromise, not to support it. We are acting on what the Senate produced were voting on it tonight, Steel told me. He said act, not support.
But CNN quoted a source over the weekend saying that Boehner had called the Senate compromise a good deal on a conference call."