House Minority Leader John Boehner has a response for those who have criticized him for comparing the financial crisis to an ant: “They’re the ones who are out of touch with what the American people expect.”Boehner had said in an interview earlier this week that passing the financial reform bill would be like “killing an ant with a nuclear weapon.” President Obama tore into Boehner today, mockingly wondering during a Wisconsin town hall, “Do you think the financial crisis was an ant and we just need an ant-swatter to fix this thing?”
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