With G.O.P. Badly Divided, Boehner Is Left ‘Herding Cats’ - NYTimes.com

With G.O.P. Badly Divided, Boehner Is Left ‘Herding Cats’ - NYTimes.com: It was yet another moment of decision for Mr. Boehner, who finally finds himself at the crossroads he has been marching toward for weeks: an imminent financial default on the one hand, and on the other an unyielding conservative rank and file that persists with the futile effort to take down President Obama’s health care law even if they also take down the speaker in the process.