Kevin McCarthy Cedes Speakership to the Far Right Once Again

If there’s one lesson from Kevin McCarthy’s speakership, it’s this: In order to stay in power, you have to give up control.

Facing the prospect of yet another conservative mutiny that would derail the House floor, McCarthy once again conceded to far-right demands and set up votes on controversial topics that conservatives want to go on the record about and GOP moderates wanted to avoid.

In doing so, McCarthy is exposing some of his most vulnerable members to votes that could be used against them in their re-election campaigns while also threatening the overall passage of the annual Pentagon policy bill.

Read more at The Daily Beast.