A little mid-life hormonal shake-up is as good of an explanation as any, and certainly makes him a more sympathetic figure than the alternatives. There’s no chance that a female politician would have make it into office after just one ‘Boner break-down.’ As we’ve seen, fingers point, and the words ‘hormones and dangerous’ are screamed in close proximity to one another. This is the kinder, gentler explanation for Boehner than the obvious one, that he’s an unbalanced and unfeeling schmuck who can cry over his childhood, while halting the health care and unemployment checks of others with eyes as dry as the Sahara.