Speaker Boehner picks RNC cocktail party over Arizona shooting memorial

John Boehner, House speaker, picks RNC cocktail party over Tucson, Arizona shooting memorial 13 Jan 2011 House Speaker John Boehner is taking heat from some Democrats after skipping out on Wednesday's memorial service for the shooting victims in Arizona and instead hosting a cocktail party for the Republican National Committee. The Ohio Republican turned down President Obama's invitation to travel on Air Force One to Tucson, Politico reported.