House Republican leader John Boehner just stopped by the Republican Platform Committee meeting to buck up the troops. Boehner called out a couple of birthday celebrants in the house and led the delegates in singing them โ€œBoehnerโ€™s birthday song.โ€ The lyrics in their entirety:

This is your birthday song. It doesnโ€™t last too long.

The substance of Boehnerโ€™s short speech was domestic energy production: โ€œOur members have been on the floor for three weeks waiting for Nancy Pelosi to call Congress back into session to vote on our all-of-the-above energy plan,โ€ he said. โ€œWhen we get back in September, this issue is not going away.โ€