House Minority Leader John Boehner weighed in on the GOP mess in NY-23 on CNN this morning, trying to cast GOP congressional candidate Dede Scozzafava’s campaign suspension — which came after many prominent Republicans backed the Conservative Party candidate — as “a very unusual circumstance” and not something that would discourage moderate GOP candidates in House races in 2010.
Boehner said of Scozzafava that “clearly she would be on the left side of our party” but that “we accept moderates in our party and we want moderates in our party.”
But will moderate Republicans like Scozzafava continue to be targeted by the likes of Sarah Palin, Tim Pawlenty and the Club for Growth?
Boehner mostly avoided the question, though he did say he’s a big believer in what he described as Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment: ‘Never talk ill about another Republican.”
“That was not followed in this race,” CNN’s John King said.
“I know,” Boehner said.
