Somebody has been spreading rumors that Minority Leader John Boehner is having an affair with a lobbyist named Lisbeth Lyons, who serves as vice-president for government affairs at the American Printers Association. Progressive activist Mike Stark asked both of them about it and didn’t get any denials. Of course, this looks like a bit of a fishing expedition on Stark’s part, and maybe it is. But it seems like the real question should be who is spreading the rumor in the first place. Boehner isn’t really a true movement conservative, and it could be that people around Mike Pence are trying to engineer a coup in anticipation that the Speakership may be available after the midterms. After all, it’s infinitely more likely that a Republican would know about such an affair than a Democrat.
