Let me start by saying that I think that Andy Kaufman is dead, and that he died in 1984, but a significant portion of his fan base believes that he faked his death.
Let me further state that I think that the recent hoax about a fictitious daughter is actually a joke that Kaufman set up with his brother nearly 30 years ago when he realized that the end was coming.
That being said, if he did fake his own death, what would he do for a 2nd act?
What could be as magnificently absurd as his onstage presence?
Well, the obvious answer is, "Republican party politics."
If he were to do this, you could be certain that he would throw himself into it totally and completely.
We can assume plastic surgery, and some variant on the Tony Clifton character.
If this were the case, who would he be?
While Paul Ryan appears to be closed to Clifton's abusive lounge singer personae, he is simply too young for Kaufman to pull this off.
Kaufman was born in 1949. So was Boehner.
Then there is the absurdity of a man who paints himself orange being the speaker of the house is pure Andy Kaufman.
And Boehner's political career really took off the year that Kaufman "died".
What we need to do is to get Boehner to do an Elvis impression and see if he can do the foreign man character (Latka Gravas).
The important thing here is, to quote LBJ, "Make the SOB deny it."