Michelle Malkin » Obama administration: Buffett Rule never intended as a way to reduce the deficit

Michelle Malkin » Obama administration: Buffett Rule never intended as a way to reduce the deficit: "According to the Obama administration’s official position this week, the Buffett Rule isn’t about chipping away at the deficit, but rather putting fairness in the tax code:"

Here's Obama from the January SOTU:

We don’t begrudge financial success in this country.  We admire it.  When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envy the rich.  It’s because they understand that when I get a tax break I don’t need and the country can’t afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has to make up the difference — like a senior on a fixed income, or a student trying to get through school, or a family trying to make ends meet.  That’s not right.  Americans know that’s not right.  They know that this generation’s success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other, and to the future of their country, and they know our way of life will only endure if we feel that same sense of shared responsibility.  That’s how we’ll reduce our deficit.  That’s an America built to last. 

Does this fall into the category of "say anything to get elected"?