--- title: Eric Cantor and John Boehner: The Bromance Is Over description: As told through the lyrics of Alan Jackson's "Remember When" canonical: https://time.com/3060283/eric-cantor-john-boehner-bromance/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-31T11:00:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:58.435Z article:section: Politics og:title: Eric Cantor and John Boehner: The Bromance is Over og:description: As told through the lyrics of Alan Jackson's "Remember When" og:url: https://time.com/3060283/eric-cantor-john-boehner-bromance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdafabacab636fc55/69869de0cd68485eed095e00/129069012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Eric Cantor John Boehner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eric Cantor and John Boehner: The Bromance is Over twitter:description: As told through the lyrics of Alan Jackson's "Remember When" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdafabacab636fc55/69869de0cd68485eed095e00/129069012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eric Cantor and John Boehner: The Bromance Is Over > Sponsored content. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Jul 31, 2014 11:00 AM UTC On Thursday, Congressman Eric Cantor will step down from his post as House majority leader, following his shocking primary defeat in June, thus ending his Capitol Hill bromance with House Speaker John Boehner — a relationship that captivated so many hearts across the nation. When Cantor first assumed the role of HML in 2011, some speculated that the up-and-comer was angling for Boehner’s job, but the GOP’s two top dogs were not to be defined by acrimony — after all, what good romance doesn’t begin with a little tension? (Have you seen _The Notebook_?) Here, we’ve assembled a scrapbook that illustrates the bromance heard round the Beltway, each photo captioned with a lyric from Alan Jackson’s “Remember When,” because obviously. It is highly advisable to play the song as you click through the photos.  Remember when I was young so were you. Time stood still, and love was all we knew. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  We lived and learned. Life threw curves. There was joy, and there was hurt. Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images  Remember when old ones died and new were born. And life was changed, disassembled, and rearranged. Douglas Graham—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images  We came together, fell apart, and broke each other's hearts. Remember when. Mark Wilson—Getty Images  Remember when the sound of little feet, was the music we danced to week to week? J. Scott Applewhite—AP  Remember when thirty seemed so old. Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone. To where we are, where we've been. Said we'd do it all again. Alex Wong—Getty Images  Remember when we said when we turned gray, when the children grow up and move away... Alex Wong—Getty Images  We won't be sad, we'll be glad, for all the life we've had. Carolyn Kaster—AP  And we'll remember when. 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