I doubt you're right.
It's already been a segment on the morning news. If Harold Dean could be excoriated for his wahhhhhhh, it's only fair the same treatment be handed out to Boehner. Just because he's a Republican, shouldn't make him immune.
He was silly to discuss it so freely. Personally, I think it's put on. He doesn't want to visit schools? He doesn't want to see what the Republicans have done to them with "No Child Left Behind." Now most are left behind because of Republican irresponsiblity.