mike emmanuel is live on capitol hill this afternoon. we know he s been debating this for years. he s been waiting until the end of this year. now before his birth day we get this. boehner said he planned it at the end of last year but events kept getting in the way of that. eventually enough was enough. prolonged leadership turmoil would do harm to the institution. i decided today is the day i m going to do this. as simple as that. in terms of the next speaker some very early names out there. kevin mccarthy from california. illinois congressman peter ranskim. i understand there s a lot of jockeying going on behind the scenes. it will be time for the house makes call on the next speaker. are democrats happy to see him go? do i need to ask. they are praising john boehner for being an honest guy who had a difficult job. for example, here is president obama. we have had a lot of disagreements and politically we re different ends of the spectrum. he s always conducted