Still the ‘same jackass’: John Boehner reflects on life and his speakership

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John Boehner says he remains the same man who honed his skills dealing with jackasses who walked into his family’s tavern in Cincinnati. He is also pretty relieved to have accomplished being a bit of one himself.

“My greatest accomplishment was walking out of Congress after 25 years being pretty much the same jackass that walked in,” Boehner said in an interview with the Washington Examiner about his new book, On the House, released this week.

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