himself metaphorical. they thought he was so disastrous. none had the courage to talk about publicly. mccarthy is in the same category. as someone that remains a reluctant republican is the motive is two tracks. private bravery and public bootlicking. that s what we have seen time and time again. not just recently and after the election why this goes back far in time to 2016. mccarthy sat in paul ryan s office with me when we had conversations about a trump i inoculation plan. he thought donald trump was a disaster, needed to be stopped. would he admit to that today? i hope a reporter asks him.