far enough away from the mid terms he can lead. steve: he is going to lead through the midterm election, stay in his office. brian: would he be a minority leader? no. even if i did keep this job, it's hard enough wrapping gling with the 23 or 24-person majority. the freedom caucus is 25 members. a lot of times they go against him because the frawx disagrees with anybody with the moderates. he goes how could i possibly get anything done if i have even a smaller margin. steve: right. you know what? he is going out on high note. they just got the tax cut bill which he loves. then again, there is the omnibus which was way too much spending. kevin mccarthy, house majority leader right now, he has been suggested along with steve scalise as perhaps a replacement for the speaker. is he going to be joining brian in a half an hour. brian to your point about the house freedom caucus, mr. mccarthy who rumors have been floating around for months that speaker ryan was going to be leaving. mccarty has been courting