Boehner betrayed his party.
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No, he was true to his party interests and its financial support apparatus. Its just the party’s voters that he betrayed.
Because we have a political duopoly. The barriers to entry for a party at the national level are very, very high. So, there's only two choices in the political market. The GOPe has decided that it's not really necessary to please their voters.
I suspect instead - considering that this is written and approved by Politico's liberal extremists - that it is indeed “those within Boehner’s tight circle” who listen to Politico instead of America's citizens that are the reasons that he won't be missed!