Boehner blinks, and now what? | Michael Tomasky

So Congress reconvenes today, and the Bush tax-cut question is on the top of the list. It certainly looks like House Republican leader John Boehner blinked yesterday when he said:

If the only option I have is to vote for those at [$250,000:] and below, of course I'm going to do that. But I'm going to do everything I can to fight to make sure that we extend the current tax rates for all Americans.

This surprised pretty much everybody, and apparently Robert Gibbs made the rounds of the morning...