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And specifically paul ryan? >> well, martin, the letter, you're right when you made reference, but what it said is that any candidate that was running for the leadership, speaker, majority leader, or majority whip, if they had anything in their background since they've been a member of congress, that could be embarrassing to the conference or the house of representatives, then, please let us know that before we vote for you. and that's the reason for it. i would tell you that i like paul ryan. he's a very bright fella. there's no question about it. but i think we have qualified candidates with...

Speaker of the house. you wouldn't normally think that's a tough job to fill, but it is, extremely hard. many are setting their sights on paul ryan, even john boehner says he'd be a great fit. and that could be part of the problem for paul ryan, because when john boehner supports you, well, he's the last guy who had the job. last hour, i spoke to representative walter jones about just that. >> and we don't need john boehner to pick his replacement. he's trying to do that with kevin mccarthy. he's somewhat behind this movement to bring ryan in to replace him. let the conference speak and choose...