John Boehner, profile in courage?

Would he be admired in history if he were to stand up to the Tea Party and offer a vote on the floor to open the government and to extend the debt limit? In the short term, he would be cruzified by his Party and he would probably lose his Speakership? But is it really worth that much to him?

John Boehner has the chance to go down in history as a man of courage. But, is he too afraid of the Tea Party and too covetous of keeping his job to permit such a bold move?

It would be nice to see but I would not hold my breath.