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Brian Beutler points out another tell in Speaker Boehner’s speech last night. He aggressively supports means-testing Medicare. That’s included in the Ryan Plan — even in the newly private insurance version of ‘Medicare’ Ryan endorses. But Boehner seems to be saying that regardless of whether you preserve the current system or not, benefits should be means-tested. Read More

Speaker Boehner and House Republicans came out of the last two weeks with some serious stumbles on the Medicare front. It’s still unclear whether the Ryan Medicare Phase-Out Plan is even still on the table. And now we see the usual tack. Respond to internal weakness by radically increasing demands. No compromises, massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

I’m very curious to see the Democrats’ and the White House’s response. The available evidence suggests that the Republican position has little support outside the base of the Republican party.