Several folks descended on me like a wolfpack when I mentioned this last time, but nobody should be surprised about this. Boehner knows conservatives don’t trust him or support him, so he’s gonna push out as many people who don’t play ball as possible. It’s not much different than a CEO pushing out that junior VP who has eyes on the old man’s chair. (Or, perhaps more appropriately, a mob boss who is settling family business, LOL).
The point being, Boehner’s more interested in consolidating and hanging on to his own power than he is in listening to the party’s conservative base.