I have to laugh at those here who cite John Boehner, of all people!, as saying Cruz is the devil in the flesh, or whatever the exact quote was. The John Boehner we ALL wanted gone is now the paragon of conservatism because he’s anti-Cruz.
Boehner knows that conservatives loath him—or I should say, loath the policies he supported and enabled. Boehner is also a canny, long-time Career Politician who’s been around the block numerous times. Do not for one millisecond imagine that Boehner thought his comments would hurt Cruz. Willy Horton honestly didn’t realize that endorsing Dukakis would hurt the Duke. Boehner is not that naive.