I was curious about what the bill's author thought of the stunt moreso than the Speaker. The Speaker might be a jackass, or he might be walking a tightrope on other issues, which maybe the above info implies.
Regardless, there's the right to do something, and there's the perception of it. Based on his stunt and his apparent blog rants, it sounds like he took the Dwight Schrute approach, which probably isn't the wisest course of action, whether what he did affected the bill or not. JMHO.