candidate. he said if mon dale lost, he would serve one more term as speaker and retire. well, it was a huge story. it kind of made o'neil a lame duck. mon dale did not go on to win. he lost to reagan in a 49-state landslide, which meant a that o'neil stayed on as speaker for the more years with everyone knowing he was on his way out. it wasn't the worst thing in the world. it wasn't ideal for tip o'neil either. i thought of this, we are seeing reports another house speaker john boehner might be eyeing the door long before his term. the huffington post cited sources close to boehner last week who suggested the speaker is ready to hang it up after the mid-term elections. one of the chief reasons, there is so much disgruntlement with him on the right, he doesn't want to risk being deposed by his own party. beaner insists this is idle