Barack Obama has offered John Boehner the hottest ticket in town and he's turned it down.
A spokesman for the House minority leader said that the White House has invited Boehner to attend next week's state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but that Boehner has declined because he already has plans to be back home in Ohio for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Boehner who complained earlier this month that Obama's White House hasn't invited Republicans over to talk health care since April attended a state dinner for Queen Elizabeth in 2007, when fellow Republican George W. Bush was president.
