Sen. Tom Coburn said Sunday there are some advantages to going off the so-called fiscal cliff.

"There are a lot of disadvantages. One of the advantages will be that the American people are going to see what the real cost of their government is — the actual real cost — for both the very wealthy. The very, very low will have minimal impact on them; it's about $200 a year," Coburn said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

Coburn also said that his Republican colleagues in the House should have passed Plan B, put forth by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in order to reach a deal.

"I think they made a mistake in not supporting the Plan B, because we would’ve modified it, and we would’ve sent it back, and then they would’ve had to make a decision on it," Coburn said.

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