House Republican whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Friday that he would ultimately oppose any deal reached in the so-called fiscal cliff negotiations should it include an increase of tax rates, via National Review Online:
A handful of Republicans, such as Representative Tom Cole (Okla.), are open to a deal that would extend current tax rates, except for high-end earners. McCarthy respects Cole’s perspective, but he does not endorse it. “Tom has a different strategy,” he says. “He wants to take one thing and fight for the other things.”
