re: #164 erik_t

Yes. All of that is true. Unfortunately, Boehner is a massive fucking coward.

That goes without saying. Though I imagine at this point it’s not his hide he’s worried so much about as that of his House majority. Drawing the public’s ire probably seems less dangerous than that of the base’s ire. Too many more Atkins running next year and he might be handing the gavel back to Pelosi in ‘15.