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Privately saying that. he wants to stay on. and why is boehner choosing to stay on? he sees it's not going to be too hard for him to do so. with cantor leaving, that's his biggest rival gone. kevin mccarthy is maybe ready to be a congressional leader, but not a national speaker at that level. >> if you could have given truth serum last night to john boehner at 2:00 in the morning, as he sat there working his way through a pack of cigarettes and finishing off some bourbon, what would you have gotten out of him? deep in his heart of hearts, was he happy last night or sad? >> boehner is someone w...

Sense for him to stay on. it's not that he didn't have the power, he didn't have the influence with the members, and that's what he needs. is speaker boehner imperiled at all by this? >> no. in fact, one of the most under the radar stories today was, i think speaker boehner has ascended. for someone maybe eyeing retirement, now speaker boehner is telling his friends today he plans to run for speaker again this fall. >> wow. >> it's big news that boehner is privately saying that. he wants to stay on. and why is boehner choosing to stay on? he sees it's not going to be too hard for him to do so....

Ascended. for someone maybe eyeing retirement, now speaker boehner is telling his friends today he plans to run for speaker again this fall. >> wow. >> it's big news that boehner is privately saying that. he wants to stay on. and why is boehner choosing to stay on? he sees it's not going to be too hard for him to do so. with cantor leaving, that's his biggest rival gone. kevin mccarthy is maybe ready to be a congressional leader, but not a national speaker at that level. >> if you could have given truth serum last night to john boehner at 2:00 in the morning, as he sat there working his way th...