Everyone's missing the point.

This Sunday on "Meet the Press" Paul Ryan told Chuck Todd that the smell of cigarettes from Boehner's chain smoking still lingered in the speaker's office. He wasn't sure how he could get the smell out. This led to lots of media discussion about the evils of smoking and the lingering odors. But I think everyone missed the point of this story. I think this is an incredible indictment of Ryan's character. He chose to publicly ridicule John Boehner by pointing out that he probably smoked illegally in a public building, that he was addictive, and basically that he stank. Now I don't like Boehner and never have. But Ryan is supposed to be a loyal Republican. But in order to remind Americans how pure and healthy he is he chose to expose his colleague to public derision. I think this was a despicable act of disloyalty from a smug and thoughtless punk. Ryan should have dealt with the problem, embraced his new job, and kept his prissy little mouth shut.