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During MSNBC’s live coverage Friday morning of Pope Francis in New York City and the sudden announcement that House Speaker John Boehner will resign October 30, liberal personality Rachel Maddow couldn’t help but speak in admiration for Boehner, describing him as a “refreshing and lovable” politician as he’s dealt with “a fractious and self-righteously combative caucus.”
Maddow first opined that the decision was “a shock, but maybe not surprising” but with the caveat that “he's had one of the nominally most powerful and actually least enviable jobs in all of American politics.”