like that would have been weak. it would have put him in a position where he couldn't lead. all of a sudden now, it's better than any other scenario because at least it keeps some stability in the house. in the house leadership. at this point, i think those are the most viable scenarios because i think you have -- the question is how many tom coles, pete kings are there versus the freedom caucus? and a lot of the guys that support boehner don't talk. a lot of the freedom caucus talks. so there's a rhetorical assumption that they're the majority opinion among the conference. i don't think it is. >> there's a cost and you'll remember this obviously from covering what he we were doing after newt went out of town. we realized after we ran newt out of town that whoever the next speaker was, we were stuck with that speaker. that there was no act 2. and i bring that up because i think the members of the freedom