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Kevin McCarthy's Job Is to Get Them in Line to Support This Bill, Right?
John Boehner has written about this in his memoir. He was watching this bill rack up the votes to pass when he sees two of his deputies, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy, vote against it. And at least in Speaker Boehner's retelling, this came as a complete shock to him. But I mean, it was somewhat a savvy move by McCarthy because he was right that the right flank of his party had power.