Here’s the question Brian Beutler of TPM asked Senate Minority Leader John Boehner:

Do you agree with Tom Donohue of the Chamber that the government and taxpayers should pitch in to clean up the oil spill?

Boehner’s answer:

I think the people responsible in the oil spill—BP and the federal government—should take full responsibility for what’s happening there.

If you think you understand that, you’re sadly mistaken. Just like Brian Beutler was. The poor fool actually wrote: “The shorter answer is yes.”

Whereas anyone can see that “the federal government should take full responsibility” means BP alone is responsible for the cost of the cleanup:

John Boehner spokesman Michael Steel emails to say Boehner does not believe that the government should be on the hook for the cost of the oil spill.

“Boehner made a general statement about who is responsible for the spill, and the federal government oversight was clearly lacking, but he has said repeatedly that BP is responsible for the cost of the cleanup,” Steel writes….