House Speaker John Boenher stated the obvious on CNN's State of the Union Sunday saying it isn't all that easy to be in public service and have a name that looks like "boner."

Speaking with Dana Bash about the upcoming 2016 presidential elections, Boehner recalled his first run for Congress:

[I] went through a big primary, my first race for Congress. You know, when your name looks like 'beaner,' 'bonner,' 'boner,' people aren't going to vote for you if they can't say your name. And my first race for Congress, my opponent was Tom Kindness. Now you try to have a name that looks like boner running against a guy named Kindness. It's a miracle I won.

Boenher reacted strongly when Bash brought up GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz's wife signing up for Obamacare -- the law Cruz has fought tooth and nail. When asked what he thought about the sudden change of heart, Boenher brushed his fellow Republican aside and said, "I've got a big job to do here --doing real work -- and I think I'll just keep doing my job."

Part of that job was recently striking a $200 billion bipartisan Medicare deal with Nancy Pelosi, a move that shocked a lot of people, not the least of which was Bash. She said in the intro to her interview with Boehner, "No, you didn't hear that wrong, they actually struck a bipartisan deal." She then addressed Boehner: "I get to ask you about bipartisanship, which is nice. This is how it's supposed to work. Why doesn't this happen more often?"

Boehner did admit that such a deal is rare but didn't see the overall picture of bipartrisanship as the rare occurrence Bash was making it out to be. He said, "You have to understand, that 95% of what happens here in Congress everyday happens on a bipartisan basis."

Bash protested, "But the problem is, not a lot happens."

"No, no, there is a lot that happens," Boehner assured, "and it happens on a bipartisan basis and when it does, it really doesn't make news."

As for any further bipartisan actions, Boehner said, "I'm a conservative Republican. I'd rather work with my conservative allies." He added, "My goal everyday is to try to keep 218 frogs in a wheelbarrow long enough to get something passed."