Originally posted by whodey I think this quote from the article hits the nail on the head.
“Speaker Boehner believes that the first job of any speaker is to protect this institution and, as we saw yesterday with the Holy Father, it is the one thing that unites and inspires us all,” the aide said.
People are what matter, not institutions. Without people there would be no institutions.
Boehner seemed relieved by his decision and considered his retirement as obeying the Golden Rule. 😏
Originally posted by KingDavid403 I think the guilt of being one of the bought and paid for scum of the far-right got to him. If you watched the Pope's speech yesterday to congress, Boehner was fighting back tears through the whole speech. I thought he was going to lose it at the beginning of the speech as he actually did start crying. Boehner is the only one who the far-right had go ...[text shortened]... oon now. At least Boehner has a heart. 🙂 And God says that is what we will be judged by. 😉😀