Boehner trying to walk back comments that taxpayers need to help pay for the BP spill clean up

[ProSense]

Le Walk Back Begins

Josh Marshall

Rep. Boehner's office is trying to walk back the leader's comments about taxpayers' needing to help pay for the BP spill clean up. Boehner's office says Boehner didn't under the question. But our reporter was pretty clear.

Last week in reference to efforts to make BP's liability unlimited, the head of the US Chamber of Congress said ...

"It is generally not the practice of this country to change the laws after the game. Everybody is going to contribute to this clean up. We are all going to have to do it. We are going to have to get the money from the government and from the companies and we will figure out a way to do that."

This morning our reporter Brian Beutler, sitting in the front row in a Q&A asked ...

"Do you agree with Tom Donohue of the Chamber that the government and taxpayers should pitch in to clean up the oil spill?"

To which Boehner replied "I think the people responsible in the oil spill--BP and the federal government--should take full responsibility for what's happening there."

[BeFree]

1. Ha! Oily foot in mouth. Choke on it Boehner.

[gateley]

2. He jumped on the chance to blame the government (Obama) and didn't think it through.

SOP knee-jerk blame Obama strikes again. Asshole.

[JuniperLea]

3. We the People are the government, you smarmy ass...

"Their" money is our money.

Look who's part of the government... just sayin'.

[NC_Nurse]

4. The people who fucked up in the govt. should be fired and/or prosecuted. BP

needs to pay the bills and be prosecuted as well.