The Republicans voted Paul Ryan in as the Speaker. He wisely did not believe that fighting the Planned Parenthood funding was important enough to close down the Federal government. The Republican party would have been seen as not willing to compromise and of obstructing the government. The times the Republicans shut down the government before did absolutely more harm than good to the Republicans.

Now, the question remains, will Franklin Graham's action take white Christian evangelican voters on his path and not vote for the GOP nominee?