During the 2010 midterms, Boehner financially supported the idiots who brought his downfall.
Boehner has broadened his strategy as he tries to position himself as the next House speaker. He has transferred more than $320,000 of his business-funded war chest to 39 avowedly anti-establishment candidates who have been endorsed by elements of the tea party.
The donations to tea party hopefuls from Oregon to Alabama show more than the Republican Party's broad embrace of insurgents in a year when Democrats are on the defensive. Boehner's contributions - in some cases made before the tea party candidates became official GOP choices - also appear to reflect his pragmatic desire to promote connections with a new crop of impassioned conservatives, some of whom could hold the keys to a Republican takeover of the House. Washington Post, 2010
Just sayin'.