mccarthy has majority of support in the republican caucus but it doesn t have 218. if they go to the near with him as their nominee, and the people on the right who do not want him do not vote for him, he cannot win and they go to a series of votes. we are a long way from having this matter settled. mccarthy started unravelling by the gaffe on the committee which gave people an excuse, a reason, not to support him. this is a man fast station of the divisions in the republican party we are seeing reflected in donald trump, in the complaints we hear about the leaders in both house of representatives and senate and i don t think there is a way to know where it is going. we saw president obama picking up on this subject