I'm too lazy to try to find it, and I don't remember who it was, but when
Boehner's book was announced awhile back, some reporter tweeted something along the lines of, "Oh this will be great! Boehner used to gather us all around over drinks and tell great and hilarious stories!" And, well, yes, the way to get good political coverage is to bring out the tire swing, serve lots of drinks, and tell reporters high-larious off the record stories.