Patrick O’Connor: Boehner’s GOP fix: A new committee

Faced with dire predictions of an electoral bloodbath in November, House Republican leader John A. Boehner responded Wednesday by creating a committee to advise the National Republican Congressional Committee.
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Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), who will serve on the committee, said its existence will show that Boehner and NRCC Chairman Tom Cole “understand” that they need to work closely together.
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Critics likened the plan to placing a Band-Aid on a gaping wound.
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“It’s a joke,” one Republican member said. “And not even a well-written one.”