mccarthy need? how many of these seven does he need to win the speakership? that s the other variable here. because you just saw how david trone, the democrat, how his return to the chamber raised the magic number to 217, and as we say, mccarthy has to get four from this list. what if that happened with one of the other two republicans? and what if ken buck from colorado came back, if he came back later today. and hunt, whether he came back. if only one of them comes back, okay, then there s 430, if one of those two republicans comes back, there s 4333 total voting member, and the magic number doesn t change. it stays at 217. so this is a little quirk here. it would be better for mccarthy if one of those two, huntz or buck, came back, because they both have been mccarthy supporters, and if one of them came back and voted for