By Melanie Arter | April 19, 2021 | 1:28pm EDT John Boehner speaks onstage at Convergence Keynote: Kevin Murphy and John Boehner during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Hilton Austin on March 15, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Nicola Gell/Getty Images for SXSW) (CNSNews.com) – Former House Speaker John Boehner told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he’d rather set himself on fire than run for office again. Then he cursed at host Chuck Todd. “I'd rather set myself on fire than to run for office again,” Boehner said. “You know, the only reason I asked that question is because I expected an answer just like that,” Todd said at the end of the interview.