Big mistake.
He should have hand delivered, with 200+ Republicans in tow, each and every spending bill to Harry Reid and the Senate.
Only that kind of bluntness would have worked with this press and the public that follows them.
Boehner spent his summer outside the betlway fundraising instead of banging the drums warning about kenyancare. He isn’t interested in engaging the Dems any more than required. All he wants is deals and a cut of the pork for his donors.