There are few more transparent, pathetic, and destructive examples of blind ambition than Kevin McCarthy’s crusade to become Speaker of the House, followed by his desperate efforts to keep the job. To even be considered for the post, he first had to go on all fours at Mar a Lago to appease Donald Trump. He was then willing to endure the public humiliation of a fifteen-vote marathon in which he was bullied into granting increasing concessions to a bloc of archconservatives who openly loathed him, including allowing any one of them at any time to demand a vote for his ouster.
I agree completely!