Boehner: The tea party cashes in by targeting me

“The issue with the Tea Party isn’t one of strategy. It’s a disagreement over tactics, from time to time,” Boehner said. “Frankly, a lot is being driven by national groups here in Washington who have raised money and (are) just beating the dickens out of me.”

That strategy, Boehner contends, “works. They raise money, put it in their pocket and pay themselves big salaries.”

Boehner won a third term as House speaker earlier this month, but 25 Republicans voiced objections to his leadership by voting for someone else. The Ohio lawmaker has pushed back on his conservative critics before by touting a record and voting history that he says makes him “the most anti-establishment speaker we’ve ever had.”