CNN Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer October 8, 2015 21:04:00
Because a lot of republicans simply didn't support him, wouldn't support him. there are 247 members of the house caucus, it is the largest majority really in modern history. so he is saying it's time for everybody to get together. so the open question is who is going to fill that role? there was another person -- actually two others, but one of them jason chaffetz who surprised everybody by jumping into the race this weekend, he talked about how surprised he was that mccarthy dropped out. listen to this. >> absolutely stunned. did not see that coming. kevin mccarthy is a very good man. and he ...