Bob Franken: The Fools on the Hill

Well, the United States can take a short breath of relief. The members of Congress have taken a break and gone home. We're safe for a little while. And, yes, that's a cheap shot at the House of Representatives, specifically at those who run the House. But they make it so easy.

The latest embarrassment for them is that nobody wants to be the leader, nobody who has half a brain, anyway. John Boehner, whose critics even acknowledge does have at least half a brain, finally used it and said he was outta there, that the sniping from a group of conservative hard-liners (no more than 30 members or so...