Now he's simply a coward

John Boehner has given up on trying to convince the Tea Party crazies in the House to do the right things for the country.  He wants the President and the Senate to lead the way, and then let his House idiots block their good ideas.

Great.

John Boehner, House Speaker, Leaves Major Legislative Proposals Up To Senate 

Now, as the government lurches toward automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as a "sequester" that are set to drain $85 billion from the Pentagon and domestic programs, Boehner is acting as though it's not his problem.

"Remember, this is the president's idea. He insisted on this," the speaker says. "And until he puts forward a plan to replace the sequester and his Senate Democratic colleagues pass it, we're going to be stuck with it."

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 More of Boehner's most ardently conservative Republicans are embracing the cuts as the deadline nears,

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If he was a leader, he would tell the House that they have to replace the sequester cuts with something much smarter and more flexible.

But he's not a leader, is he?