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On october 28, 2003, this headline ran in the "miami herald." lawmakers k s skip out for marl. lawmakers did not leave the state capital to go fishing. they went to watch the florida marlins baseball team play in the world series that year. it turned out to be a big deal in florida at the time, because while those state reps were watching the world series from the comfort of the florida marlins invitation-only owners box in miami, they were missing what was hyped as one of the most important votes in in-state history, a vote on a $300 million economic deal that was thought to be vitalle to the...

Daily news", new york headlines called attention to the sandy funding. we're talking politics here, congressman. in "the new york daily news," headline, "stabbed in the back, new york pols blast sandy betrayer boehner." and "the new york times" had -- >> you know what -- >> look at this, "stalling of storm aid makes northeast republicans furious." you weren't one of them? >> no. well, let me put it this way. i was unhappy that boehner didn't respond to the governor. he should have said, you know what? we're going to deal with this step by step, and in the first week of the new congress, we'll ...

After the headline ran, ford to new york, drop dead. >> part of this is pure politeness, but politeness relates to political power and tribal allegiance. john boehner didn't feel on the night of the big fiscal cliff vote either the energy or the responsibility or the sense of family ties, if you will, to the northeast republicans to make the kind of explanation that chris shays is talking about. he just blew them off. and that sent a big message -- >> that may be more of the story -- >> what? >> the more to the story may be john was concerned he wouldn't even get 85 votes to get this bill pass...

Funding. we're talking politics here, congressman. in the new york daily news, headline, stabbed in the back, new york polls blast sandy betrayer boehner. and "the new york times" had -- >> you know what -- >> look at this stalling of storm aid makes northeast republicans furious. you weren't one of them? >> no. well, let me put it this way. i was unhappy that boehner didn't respond to the governor. he should have said, you know what? we're going to deal with this step by step and in the first week of the new congress we'll get it done. but we're not going to pass the $60 billion bill. that wo...

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