Boehner: Tax Return Conversation Is A Sideshow

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says that the conversation revolving around Mitt Romney's income tax returns is nothing more than a tactic being employed by the Obama campaign to distract from the president's "failed economic policies."

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) says that the conversation revolving around Mitt Romney’s income tax returns is nothing more than a tactic being employed by the Obama campaign to distract from the president’s “failed economic policies.”

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