Reid to CNN: Boehner’s 'job is not as important as our country'

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Reid to CNN: Boehner’s ‘job is not as important as our country’

Washington (CNN) – In an interview with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused House Speaker John Boehner of being more worried about his job than the country amid a government shutdown.

The Nevada Democrat also talked for the first time Thursday about Boehner reneging on an agreement between the two over a “clean” spending bill, and admitted he directed his chief of staff to leak embarrassing e-mails that they say indicate Boehner changed his position on Obamacare subsidies for Congress.

Reid also followed up on his controversial comments from Wednesday, when he took issue with the idea that the Senate should vote to fund clinical trials for cancer patients at the National Institutes of Health during the shutdown.

In the interview, Reid criticized Boehner for bowing to a conservative faction of his caucus that insists on attaching anti-Obamacare provisions to a temporary spending bill needed to fund the government.

“His job is not as important as our country,” Reid said.

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Full article with MORE quotes here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/03/reid-boehners-job-is-not-as-important-as-our-country/

[gopiscrap]

1. I agree

[ffr]

2. Awesome! Keep the fire turned up on that snake!

Sounds like Boehner can't keep his word. Shows poor character.

[chillfactor]

3. agreed...

all Boner is worried about is protecting his ass!

[Doctor Jack]

5. Indeed

He seems scared to death that he is going to lose his cushy job, so he is acting erratic. He wants everything handed to him, so he can just skate by and brag about how powerful he is. The man has zero qualities of a leader.

[Doctor Jack]

4. Harry Reid is a tough son of a bitch

I don't always like him but when he gets pissed off, he becomes quite frightening. Boner is quite spineless, he isn't very smart, and he has no leverage. He is trapped between the Democrats, who seem beyond pissed off now, and his psychotic base that will skin him alive if he blinks. I bet the booze is flowing like water at his house right now.