Even though some of the more libertarian minded strategists have been urging the GOP to drop the fundamentalist social agenda, we noticed that Boehner has put abortion front and central again.

Why?

Well, all one has to do is go to the front page of the IOW GOP website and it becomes clear about what they care the most:

iowagop.org

The state level GOP in many states is now totally controlled by, and an extension of, fundamentalist Christian organizations.

Thus the GOP will continue to be first and foremost an agent for social atavism, no matter what the high priced DC consultants plea.