I'm hardly the only one who feels the way I do
But fellow Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette of Ohio struck a mournful tune after the vote was abandoned.
"It's unbelievable, this is horrible," he said. "I'm angry, I'm sad for my friend the Speaker, and I'm sorry for the country. We deserve better."
From here. If Republicans cede leadership to the ultra-right bible-thumping tea partiers, they deserve the lumps they're gonna take.