professor, had to deal with final exams instead. cantor s loss has cast the house republican caucus into chaos. at an emergency house gop meeting this afternoon, speaker john boehner reportedly shed tears as cantor spoke to his colleagues. and cantor, who is jewish, in fact, the only jewish member of the house caucus, reported a holocaust survivor and said, suffering is part of life, misery is a choice. cantor then stepped before the creamers to announce he would stepping down as majority leader. now, while i intend to serve out my term as a member of congress in the seventh district of virginia, effective july 31st, i will be stepping down as majority leader. cantor says he is backing house majority whip, kevin mccarthy, a fellow young gun, as they like to call themselves, as his successor. but rivals are already working through the lineup of supporters, a fierce fight is expected for cantor s job. the election will be held next thursday. there s good news for eric cantor in all o
david brat wasn t really even on the radar screen of national tea party groups, in part because he skipped a pair of meetings with conservative leaders last month. it seems that brat, college professor, had to deal with final exams instead. cantor s loss has cast the house republican caucus into chaos. at an emergency house gop meeting this afternoon, speaker john boehner reportedly shed tears as cantor spoke to his colleagues. and cantor, who is jewish, in fact, the only jewish member of the house caucus, reported a holocaust survivor and said, suffering is part of life, misery is a choice. cantor then stepped before the creamers to announce he would stepping down as majority leader. now, while i intend to serve out my term as a member of congress in the seventh district of virginia, effective july 31st, i will be stepping down as majority leader. cantor says he is backing house majority whip, kevin mccarthy, a fellow young gun, as they like to call themselves, as his successor. b
majority leader. cantor says he is backing house majority whip, kevin mccarthy, a fellow young gun, as they like to call themselves, as his successor. but rivals are already working through the lineup of supporters, a fierce fight is expected for cantor s job. the election will be held next thursday. there s good news for eric cantor in all of this, is at least he won t have to take anymore ribbing from president obama. you know, i get letters from folks around the country every day. i get ten that i read. this one got to me. a virginia man who s been stuck in the same part-time job for years, no respect from his boss, no chance to get ahead. i really wish eric cantor would stop writing me. joining me now, robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post. okay, robert. what was the scene like last night and into today among house republican leadership as they tried to process this news? it was a chaotic scene today. last night at the capitol, they were burnin