When The Numbers Are Your Friend…And When They’re Not

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Republicans and hypocrites have no shame.

Boehner and his fellow Republicans are furious with the CBO today because its latest report on healthcare reform says that the bill Democrats are preparing to pass over the weekend will cut the deficit by $130 billion over the next 10 years and by well over a trillion dollars in the following decade. Its reassurance on cost savings is expected to encourage wavering Democrats to vote yes. So last night, Boehner told Fox News that the CBO findings are nothing but “a fallacy” — and others like Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele have gone further, accusing CBO of promoting “a lie.”

Yet when CBO director Douglas Elmendorf testified last July that one version of the Democrats’ healthcare bill would not achieve budgetary savings, every Republican leader and right-wing media figure in Washington praised his “devastating” analysis. At the time, Boehner said the CBO director’s remarks proved “that one of the Democrats’ chief talking points is pure fiction” and his office devoted an excited  press release to coverage of Elmendorf’s testimony. Its headline: “Exposed: CBO Confirms Democrats’ Plan Will Increase Americans’ Health Care Costs.”

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