and you have to find compromises along the way. >> i've been made for 40 years i learned thing is to always say you're right. and i'm wrong -- but leaving that aside congressman i'm curious what you make of the fact of there might be more than three of the republican colleagues and i only ask because your name comes up as someone they would consider. even that crowd -- what do you make of that? [laughter] >> i don't think some of them would consider me that that role. >> but it is a jump ball at that point everyone might as well dive into the pool. >> here's what they have to earn there's never going to be a democratic speaker in this house republican majority. but in order to get consensus, you may have a situation where democrats volt for a republican speaker. to avoid, you know, somebody on the far right who refuses to -- neil: maybe i was wrong maybe they were ones mentioning your name bottom line, would you