Ted Cruz: I've hardly ever met John Boehner, but I know why he calls me Lucifer

It was attention-getting when John Boehner referred to Ted Cruz last week as "Lucifer in the flesh" (and surely that was the point), but it's hardly breaking news that Cruz is unpopular among his colleagues in Washington. The political and chattering classes often cite this as a reason he is not fit for the presidency, although for many of us it's far from clear that this is actually a mark against him. And give Cruz credit: He doesn't grovel or squirm when people aim stuff like this at him. Instead, he stands up and tells you in no uncertain terms why people don't like him. And in the case of John Boehner, he also clues us in on some new information: He and Boehner hardly ever met each other, so any personal dislike on Boehner's part was certainly not based on real direct knowledge or experience: