down. it's not so much that paul ryan or anyone can get universal support right now. that's not really the goal. it's can you clear the key numeric hurdles. and kevin mccarthy looked at the field and realized he couldn't get that done. even jason stepped up to support to challenge mccarthy basically said yesterday that he'd be willing to step aside if ryan were to come in. you're not going to get unanimous support. of course not. but he's the closest thing to a near consensus candidate you can get absent ryan. watch out, it's going to get ugly and weirder. >> important votes to come up. some have suggested that paul ryan could be a temporary fix. do you buy into that. >> that is one of the scenarios that's being floated in this sort of aggressive courtship of paul ryan. some folks saying, hey, just take the job through the 2016 election. be a caretaker, get the big stuff done, you won't have to watch, you know, look over your shoulder all the time and