we have been looking at this mccarthy lane. it matters a lot. matters what the booib agenda will be up against. they say elections have consequences. i think the last few year of life has reminded everyone of that. red fizzles also have consequences, because i can tell you for a fact, this story and mccarthy s issues would not matter, would not register if they had anything like a red wave 30-seat edge. how does that fizzle figure into the leverage that at least some of the right wingers think they have right now? well, it gives every single member of the republican caucus essentially veto power over who the peeker is and what the speaker does. that is a huge factor that kevin mccarthy has to deal with. he has a caucus that is constantly looking to perhaps replace him for something better. i think a major problem he has is that his lieutenants, steve scalise, elise stefanik, want the job for themselves. steve scalise at times is sort