Proof that the "dump Boehner" movement wasn't about ideology

Yesterday’s failed coup in the House was a perfect illustration of this point. The candidate who emerged as Boehner’s rival was a Florida representative named Daniel Webster.

He was brave! — he was daring! — he was an insurgent! What he wasn’t was terribly conservative. In fact, it turns out that Webster has earned just a 56 percent rating on Heritage Action’s scorecard.

Was supporting this failed effort worth “burning up the phone lines” over? For all the talk about wanting a real conservative as speaker, defining victory as the installment of someone who earned a failing grade in conservatism class seems absurd. (In fairness, Webster has a 67 percent rating from the Club for Growth, so we can give him a “D+” on fiscal issues.)