There is one thing that all honorable Republicans, whether conservative or liberal, should vote in favor of — namely, having the vote for Speaker of the House made public.
Republican House members were sent to Congress to represent their constituents, not to represent their own selfish interests in secret meetings behind closed doors.
Since there’s such a great difference between John Boehner, who endorses Obama’s policies, and other Congress members who oppose those policies, each Republican Congress member will be making the most important vote of the next two years when he/she decides whom to support in the Speakership contest.
And every Republican in every Republican district should have the right to know how their Congressman voted, so they can hold him accountable.
So, if the vote is held in secret, we’ll know not to expect anything honorable to come out of the Republican-controlled House until January of 2017 at the earliest.
The vote for speaker IS public. Each member must say, out loud, his or her choice for speaker.