Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) won the election for Senate Majority Leader. Roy Blunt (AKA Tom Delay) is now dually whipped.

(i had a Bob Dole-Viaga-Republican-Boehner joke all lined up, but I found out it's pronounced Bay-ner.)

Just who is this Boehner fella?

• Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.
• Rated 7% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record.
• Rated 100% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record.
• Rated 30% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes.
• Rated 17% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes.
• Rated 5% by the LCV, indicating anti-environment votes.
• Rated 91% by the Christian Coalition: a pro-family voting record.
• Rated 50% by CATO, indicating a mixed record on trade issues.
• Rated A by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun rights voting record.
• Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record.
• Rated 22% by SANE, indicating a pro-military voting record.
• Rated 0% by FAIR, indicating a voting record loosening immigration.
• Rated 7% by the AFL-CIO, indicating an anti-labor voting record.
• Rated 0% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record.
• Rated 63% by NTU, indicating "Satisfactory" on tax votes.
  

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