it was leaked. my position hadn't changed. i will not come out here tell you when i didn't say that when i did. i still think a good way forward but it is not going to change my support for the speaker. and frankly the democrats, the president, united the republican caucus last week. you don't have in worry about any breakage away from the speaker. bill: that is interesting. republicans held line on obamacare. held line on debt ceiling negotiations. >> we'll hold the line again. bill: do you think it made your party stronger? >> i absolutely believe that. we did that when a lot of people were telling us we were on the way to political oblivion. instead we retook the house. this is very determined conference and one that supports the speaker fully. bill: but the way you're speaking then suggests that there is no split between you and any of your republican colleagues. certainly not that of speaker boehner? >> absolutely not. we had a discussion over tactics, not a discussion over ends. every time the speaker has had a tough vote he asked us