challenging question for the gop in terms of where they go. because they've got big decisions coming up, paul. it's not just how they handle themselves the next five months, but they've got to start thinking ahead. if they do actually manage to take back the senate and they do have control over both houses of congress, they've got huge decisions to make about how they're going to handle that power. and the policy aspect of this is going to matter a great deal. >> well, just to continue kim's point, eric cantor had a reputation for intervening in the operations of the major committees. you can make an argument that sometimes that's worth doing. except that kevin mccarthy probably won't do that. and the good news is that two of the people who were running for this post, jen hensarling and paul ryan, who will probably take over the ways and means, tax writing committee, are both very good committee chairman. jen hensarling will terminate the bank, try to rewrite dodd/frank in a way that will make it work, and paul ryan an