The situation with the House GOP has become so absurd, it transcends irony. The best possible outcome that one can reasonably imagine at this point is for Boehner to stay long enough to make his usual deal to lift the debt limit and keep the government running. After that, Congress will essentially shut down until the election.
Boehner’s legacy, it turns out, will be the creation of an exception to the Hastert Rule to permit the government to keep the lights on. What could it be called except the Boehner Rule?