impeachments, and probes, our way of looking backwards not forwards. your response, sir, is the perfect segue to my next question. house republican leader, kenyan mccarthy, as you, noted struggling to secure 218 votes that he s going to need to become speaker of the house. late last, week seven far-right republicans released a letter outlining their demands for gop leadership after an additional five house republicans that they won t vote for kevin mccarthy. in the midst of all of us, now andy biggs has announced that he will also throw his name into the ring. i m going to ask you to look into that cristobal, senator -elect. will kevin mccarthy become the next speaker of the house? or, do you see maybe a dark horse compromise candidates, maybe coming up. my guess is that kevin mccarthy will be speaker. my question is at what price will he have to pay to that freedom caucus, the extreme end of the party, to be elected speaker. if he pays a price that s too