WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Sunday he would support an extension of tax cuts for middle-class Americans even if tax cuts for the wealthy are allowed to expire.

Representative John Boehner said President Barack Obama’s plan to renew lower tax rates for families making less than $250,000 but let the lower rates for wealthier Americans expire was “bad policy.” Republicans want to extend all of the cuts passed under former President George W. Bush.

“If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I’ll vote for it,” Boehner said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” show. “But I’m going to do everything I can to fight to make sure that we extend the current tax rates for all Americans.”