No, Boehner is talking the same thing Romney talked. Read the article. It includes lower rates.
A simpler tax code (reducing deductions) has been part of the conservative platform for years.
Howevr, MSM has confused the naive by now calling it a "tax hike". You will never get the code simplified if you buy into their game.
“The House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, striking a conciliatory tone a day after the Republican Party’s electoral drubbing, said on Wednesday that he was ready to accept a budget deal that raises federal revenue as long as it is linked to an overhaul of entitlements and a reform of the tax code that closes loopholes, curtails or eliminates deductions and lowers income tax rates.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/back-to-bargaining-table-with-fiscal-cliff-dead-ahead.html?pagewanted=all
It's all code speak for raising taxes. Eliminating deductions is contradictory to “lowers income tax rates”.