Chalk up 1 victory for Obama

“John Boehner admitted that Paul Ryan's budget turns Medicare into Obamacare, reports Brian Beutler: "Another top Republican has admitted what few members of his own party will admit. In fact, it's the toppest-Republican. According to Speaker John Boehner, the House Republican budget, which passed on April 15, 'transforms Medicare into a plan that's very similar to the President's own healthcare bill.' That's from an interview with ABC's Jon Karl. Boehner joins Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) as one of the few high-profile elected Republicans who will admit that the GOP's Medicare privatization plan is similar in many key respects to the health care law they have spent the last two years demonizing...By contrast, Boehner's second-in-command, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor denied the similarities."”