Strange Bedfellows: Boehner, Buffett And Obama All Support Millionaire Only Taxes

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said today that if Republicans can’t reach a deal with President Barack Obama to avert the fiscal cliff, his “plan B” is to have the House vote on a bill to allow tax rates to go up only for families earning more than $1 million.  Sure, it’s a negotiating and public relations gambit. And yes, the White House, Democrats and even some of his own Conservative members immediately trash-talked this back-up plan. But in asserting that mi...