Does The GOP Infighting Matter?

Chait doesn't think the fate of the Boehner bill matters all that much:

The real question is what happens when Boehner ultimately has to forge a compromise with the president and the Senate. He's going to lose a lot more than 24 Republicans. The question will be whether he can still hold onto a majority of his caucus, or at least not so offend a majority of his caucus that he loses his job. … Boehner's problem will not be with with two dozen most right-wing members of his caucus, but with the median members of his caucus, who will determine what kind of compromise Boehner can accept.

Along the same lines, Douthat says it might be better for the Boehner bill to fail in the House.