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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...

Tragedy. i think he was sad last night. he's an institutional man, and i think he was disappointed to see someone suffer, see someone's career fall so fast. i think, though, chris, if you'd asked me this question back in 2011, when cantor was trying to destroy the grand bargain on the fiscal deal, boehner maybe would have cracked a half smile. but since cantor's worked alongside boehner quite strongly over the last two years, they're actually not friends, but allies and they've worked together and i think he was sad. >> how gnarly is this race for house majority leader going to get within the ...

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...