The sinking of “Plan B”; the U.S. “fiscal cliff” disaster of John Boehner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Had there been a vote on Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” to avert the so-called U.S. fiscal cliff on Thursday night, it would not have been close. He was probably 40 to 50 votes short of the number he needed to avoid a humiliating defeat at the hands of his….