Not necessarily, because not only would it have protected 99.8% (including the huge number of businesses from $250,000 - $1 M) it would have pressured Obama to implement more ENTITLEMENT CUTS which may have been the more beneficial catalyst for the economy.
Boehner was trying to play chess. The dissenters didn’t get it.
They got it all right-—that Boehner is an idiot who doesn’t recognize that Obama is a Communist who will not tolerate dissent.
Looks like Obama was just forced to tolerate raising taxes on only the top tax rate and giving in on estate taxes and NOT extending the payroll tax cut...all things he said he would never bend on.
Obama is getting some wins...but getting some losses too. Let's see how he does when the onus is on spending ONLY next time around without the tax cut debate.
(BTW...Dear Leader also had to tolerate a provision NOT to allow terrorists onto US soil just this morning...something he really did not want to sign.)