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Mccarthy said "swear to god." then paul ryan continued "this is an off the record, no leaks, all right?" then he added, "this is how we know we're a real family here." speaker ryan's office says this was just a joke and today mccarthy also says it was just a joke. >> because if you listen to it, it says everybody laughs, so you know it's a joke and that's all there is to it. no one believes it to be true. >> last hour i had a chance to speak to the reporter who broke this story, the "washington post" adam enteris, who listened to the tape. i asked him if he thought that kevin mccarthy was joki...