Obama had greased Sunday’s meeting by giving Boehner a bottle of fine Italian wine — a Brunello di Montalcino — for his birthday on Nov. 17. Red wine was the speaker’s drink of choice ...

You know, I do drink red wine. I smoke cigarettes ... shutdown might bring Obama to the negotiating table for talks about the president's health care law despite his (Boehner's) doubts about ...

President Obama gave House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) a fruity Sangiovese on Friday. The president gave Boehner the bottle of wine as a birthday gift. Brendan Buck, Boehner’s press secretary ...

"I do drink red wine. I smoke cigarettes. And I'm not giving that up to be president of the United States." Boehner also told Leno he and Democratic President Barack Obama "get along fine" despite ...

Unlike President Obama, who never wanted to be photographed smoking before he finally quit in August, Boehner has smoked and sipped his wine in public. He also doesn’t hide his crying ...

Boehner, imagining him in the current budget negotiations with President Obama. He pretended to drag ... "Give him a glass of wine, and he'll be better to deal with." These episodes, while ...

Obama and Boehner won the match ... recording at nine or ten in the morning so obviously he had too much wine that day already," Cruz quipped, referring to Boehner's well-known love of wine.

Boehner has been a major player in Washington for more than 20 years, serving as President Barack Obama’s foil for the ... and swirled a glass of red wine at a reception before a noon lunch.

Obama invited the speaker to golf with himself and the vice president, giving Boehner the choice to pick ... I drink red wine, I play golf, I cut my own grass and I wash and iron my own shirts.

You know, I do drink red wine. I smoke cigarettes ... shutdown might bring Obama to the negotiating table for talks about the president's health care law despite his (Boehner's) doubts about ...