fall in his lap. if he has a chance to get the house through this present crisis and move on to other issues there are -- >> if he can get through this, he can survive. the question is whether speaker boehner really is in control of his caucus. earlier this month he raised the ire of several on the right when he removed several heads of committees. the whole episode gave boehner the feel of a substitute teacher who is accountable for what happens in the classroom but isn't really in control of the kids. well, that's pretty good. after boehner's plan "b" failed, conservative columnist jennifer rubin wrote this, quote, his caucus has rendered boehner a nonplayer in any future fiscal negotiations because he can no longer speak for his conference. perhaps boehner should quit and let the house gop stew and wait for the country to grab pitchforks. they are acting like a minority party or petulant teenagers. i'm not sure if she's saluting that wild behavior.