Via The Upshot: Hoyer calls Colbert testimony ‘inappropriate’
And, Boehner makes a point:
"They’ve got time to bring a comedian to Washington, D.C. but they don’t have time to eliminate uncertainty by extending tax cuts," House Republican Leader John Boehner said on Fox News prior to Hoyer’s segment.
If anything, the political optics are problematic, even if the bottom line is that Colbert’s appearance had nothing to do with whether or not the House was going to take up the tax issue.
