They never should've raised the issue in the first place. I don't think it will cost them the House, but it only reinforces the view held by many Americans: that the GOP is nothing more than a party run by a couple of crap apples and the tea party. This isn't true obviously, but for God's sake, Boehner, Charles Dent, Susan Collins, Lydnsey Graham, John McCain, Portman, Ryan, Rubio and the rest need to distance themselves from these extreme righties, because those extreme righties are ruining the reputation of an otherwise respectable party. The Democrats went through the same thing in the 80's, the Republicans have to do it now.