Boehner's Hard Line

"Boehner Hews to Hard Line in Demanding Concessions From Obama," is the headline over the Times' government shutdown update in this morning's paper. The headline could have easily been "White House Hews to Hard Line in Demanding Concessions From Boehner," but that would portray President Obama as the inflexible, stubborn cause of the shutdown, rather than the Republicans, and that is not the story line the Times wants to advance.