Debt ceiling deal: Boehner says Obama not Reid was the hold-up.

Mauldin:"It's too bad you had to deal with Harry Reid over the debt ceiling" 

Boehner:  "Harry?  Hell, Harry ain't the problem. If it was just me and Harry we could sit down tomorrow and get it done."

John Mauldin  (newsletter February 11th 2012) quoting a dinner conversation he had with John Boehner last year.    "The problem, at least from Boehner's point of view, was they could not get an agreement with Obama".

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