Boehner is getting some bad advice from somebody -- i.e. the Old Republican Guard senators. He needs to start acting like a statesman instead of an old school politician. Telling people to get their asses in line is no way to compromise. That kind of rhetoric usually accomplishes just the opposite: it usually makes people dig their heels in even deeper. What’s Boehner going do – take their appropriations away? Take their access to special interest campaign funding away? Boehner needs to recognize that in this new era, old school appropriations and campaign funding buy-offs will not work. It is...