Stop the presses. We have shocking news: Republican legislators oppose tax increases. Apparently, it's difficult for GOP lawmakers to get media attention this session, so they called a news conference to announce a united front against the blasphemous T-word. This is news? Not really. Even before state Sen. Tom McClintock of Thousand Oaks had hair on his face, Republican legislators have been blocking tax increases -- thanks to California's two-thirds vote requirement to pass a budget. That two-thirds rule gives legislators in the minority party the ability to stop any new taxation in the supposed cause of stopping excessive spending,...