[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Even though 90 percent of the Republicans in the House voted to re-elect him speaker, John Boehner has decided to appease the 25 right-wing Republicans who voted for someone else.

I choose to look at it as siding with the voters who demanded an end to open borders and Obamacare, but Establishment mileage may vary.

[9YearLurker]

It’s not even that—this approach is certain to die either in the senate or unable to overcome a veto.

Which is why the GOPe has gone ahead with it—purely, and deceptively, for show.