clyburn saying if they have a good relationship, house speaker john boehner, the nominal boss, the actual boss within the house republican conference, if cantor and boehner have a good relationship, i d hate to see a bad one. for their part the two men say they are on the same page but in an hour just behind these doors here in the west wing of the white house they will go at it again, martin, for the fourth consecutive day. still, the same blocking points here, the same stumbling points. that is over taxes, how are boehner and cantor working together or working at cross-purposes, however they are working, going to overcome the absolute refusal of their conference, particularly the conservative base, not to raise tax nez any way, shape or form. who does the white house therefore feel it s negotiating with? is it eric cantor? is it speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell? who is the white house negotiating with? well, first of all, on the mitch mcconnell front, a very clever, creative wa