Ted Cruz, now John Boehner's foe, was once his lawyer

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, helped represent former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in an absolutely bonkers civil case. It went all the way to the Supreme Court and eventually won Boehner $1 million in legal fees.

Some 25 years ago, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, helped represent former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a bonkers civil case that eventually won Boehner $1 million in legal fees. This isn’t to say that Boehner and Cruz were bosom buddies. All you have to do is read Boehner’s book, "On the House: A Washington Memoir," to understand how much enmity Boehner holds for Cruz. It was Cruz who led the failed charge to defund Obamacare in the fall of 2013. The theory was that Republicans wouldn’t support any bill which funded the government – and Obamacare. So Cruz’s quest wound up shuttering the government for 16 days.