Could Boehner's exit scuttle the GOP's government shutdown?

You can take this thing and...

You can take this thing and...

The short version is, now that John Boehner won't have to worry about a big leadership battle, he's more likely to push a "clean" funding bill (that leaves Planned Parenthood funding intact) and rely on Democrats for the votes to pass it. Here's Politico:

It was always known Boehner and fellow GOP leaders would have to rely on Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and her House Democratic ranks to pass a government funding bill without a controversial provision defunding Planned Parenthood. But the question was how much of a political threat that would have posed to Boehner’s speakership – a threat that no longer exists.

“I think we’re gonna not shut down the government,” House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) predicted confidently on Friday.

House GOP leadership reportedly started laying the groundwork Thursday afternoon for a "clean" bill that Democrats can help push across the finish line.

Wonder what Ted Cruz thinks of that.