If you took the time to read what FReepers post to you, Howlin, you wouldn't look so foolish. In #316 I said to YOU:
I didn't say Boehner was for open borders.
This issue has to do with Boehner supporting no punishment for employers who violate US law by hiring illegals. Understood? I guess you support that position. Fine. I don't.
As the committee chairman of jurisdiction, John had a responsibility to speak up. John was left with no other way to make that point than to cast a risky vote that went against the grain.
John Boehner is not opposed to an employment eligibility verification system; he supports establishing such a system in a manner that works and doesn't spark a backlash the Republican majority cannot afford. Had he been given the opportunity to make his points either in committee or on the floor, John would almost certainly have voted "yes" on final passage of H.R. 4437.