Boehner: I’d rather die than vote for Gitmo plan

The top Republican in the House and a senior White House adviser on Sunday debated a plan for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the terrorism suspects held there onto American soil.

“They want $500 million from this Congress to rehabilitate this prison in northwest Illinois,” John Boehner, R-Ohio, said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I want to see who the members are who are going to vote for this. I wouldn’t vote for this if you put a gun to my head.”

Two months past President Obama’s self-imposed deadline for closing Guantanamo, the facility remains open as details of where to house the suspects are being worked out.

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