Great News for Boehner

Small government diehard Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has announced that he’s going off the reservation and won’t vote for the new continuing resolution (to keep the government running) endorsed by Speaker Boehner and the GOP leadership. This is not inconsistent with Flake’s longtime position on these sorts of issues. But remember, he’s also running for Senate now from Arizona. So these crosscutting currents are starting to cause trouble for the Speaker.