it wavered americans to keep fighting against obama care and those who didn't by blasting out their scorecards. their leader di missed it. >> they should focus on obama care and the way it's ruining peoples lives and not settling tactics. >> reporter: the party will still question the tactics of its own hard liners. >> has that line of argument, that political strategy been discredited by this defeat, there's no other word for it and does that then allow other voices in the caucus to argue for a different direction? >> reporter: another big question coming out of this? does john boehner keep his speakership? gop strategists we spoke to said he likely will, that he has the votes to stay in, and who would want want job any way? especially after this. brian todd, cnn, washington. we have other political news to tell you about this morning. cory booker has won the special election to be the next senator