Supposing Boehner were the man responsible for the government shutdown, maybe he did it because of one of many reasons, like there were new government regulations in the pipeline to go to the well one more time and make the tobacco industry pay still many billions of dollars more each year for health care. Boehner is worried his favorite brand of cigarette won't be available anymore if Philip Morris starts to cut back on production, as a result of ever-increasing manufacturing and health care costs.
