Boehner's gamble: Could it cost him his job?

[brooklynite]

from Politico:

No one risked more — for himself and for his party — on the bailout bill than House Republican leader John A. Boehner.

The result: He lost.

The Ohio Republican went all in for the $700 billion economic rescue package. But when the gavel came down on the vote Monday, 133 of Boehner’s 199 Republicans had gone the other way.

The bruising tally — coming on the heels of a weeklong revolt — had some GOP members asking privately whether Boehner can hold on to his leadership post.

I seem to remember another Republican leader was promising to deliver succes on the bailout vote....