opportunity to take back the house. we re the ones that put him there and then ironically, he s removed because of the tea party. look, why would we not have leadership in the caucus that s representative of the entire caucus and there are many, many conservatives that just yesterday, congressman raul labrador has announced he is going to run for that position as well and i think he would be a fantastic majority leader. he has a lot of support and so, why can americans that are engaged in the process, why can we not try and influence leadership elections inside the caucus? i think we should. i think it s time that people step up and do that. what are you thoughts about that in terms of momentum and the tea party? first of all, there s two different games. an insider game, which mccarthy and cantor understood very, very well. but i think one of the disadvantages that the tea party has had from the beginning, i m a fan of the tea parties, i
censure didn t feel like a strong enough word to them. that s how bad a senator joe mccarthy was. the vote to condemn joe mccarthy was a bipartisan vote, 67-22. half of mccarthy s republican colleagues voted to condemn him. and ted cruz is not willing to say whether joe mccarthy is someone he admires, and he won t say that, because ted cruz want to live in a world where he can use joe mccarthy s tactics and get away with it, joe mccarthy s lying provoked the most famous challenge to a senator in a senate hearing in the history of the senate, and luckily for us it occurred at the dawn of the television age in a hearing in which mccarthy was asked a question and like ted cruz, he
colleagues voted to condemn him. and ted cruz is not willing to say whether joe mccarthy is someone he admires, and he won t say that, because ted cruz want to live in a world where he can use joe mccarthy s tactics and get away with it, joe mccarthy s lying provoked the most famous challenge to a senator in a senate hearing in the history of the senate, and luckily for us it occurred at the dawn of the television age in a hearing in which mccarthy was asked a question and like ted cruz, he could not answer it. it is the question that effectively ended joe mccarthy s career. have you no sense of decency? have you no sense of decency, sir? at long last, have you left no sense of decency?