The suit was filed against House Speaker John Boehner, then-Ethics Committee chair Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

WSJ: Rangel files suit to overturn censure

Boehner will then have to evaluate the personal and political cost of pushing a plan in the face of further defections.

CNN: SHARE THIS

And I noted that Speaker Boehner made the point that then-Senator Obama and Senator Reid at the time would not have supported such a move under President George W. Bush.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

Then House Speaker John Boehner turned tail, pulling the Kucinich bill from the floor and tossing the Constitution aside.

FORBES: It's Time for Congress To Vote On The Illegal War In Libya

Then there is Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, a couple that seems to have the most strained relationship in a dysfunctional Washington.

CNN: Shame and blame: Why Washington needs couples therapy

He has had, again, Senator McConnell here this week, House Speaker Boehner here twice -- here once last week and then met with him over the weekend the previous weekend.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And Speaker Boehner said that if the administration wants it to pass through the House then the President needs to be out there and argue for it personally.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

" That reluctance explains why Mr. Obama originally agreed with the Boehner proposal to raise the retirement age for Medicare, the speaker says, but then "pulled back.

WSJ: Stephen Moore: The Education of John Boehner