McCarthy Says He Is Undecided on Whether to Seek Re-Election

00:00:00.000 —> 00:00:03.230 “If I decide to run again, I have to know in my heart I’m 00:00:03.230 —> 00:00:05.740 giving 110 percent. 00:00:05.740 —> 00:00:07.530 I have to know that I want to do that. 00:00:07.530 —> 00:00:11.520 I also have to know if I’m going to walk away, 00:00:11.520 —> 00:00:13.720 that I’m going to be fine with walking away. 00:00:13.720 —> 00:00:17.320 And so I’m really taking this time now —” 00:00:17.320 —> 00:00:19.298 “What’s the thing that would change it for you, 00:00:19.298 —> 00:00:20.260 one way or the other? 00:00:20.260 —> 00:00:22.632 What’s the tipping point?” 00:00:22.632 —> 00:00:24.090 “I don’t think it’s a tipping point. 00:00:24.090 —> 00:00:25.553 I think it’s a gut call.” 00:00:25.553 —> 00:00:26.103 “As you’re trying to get 00:00:26.103 —> 00:00:28.020 comfortable with not going back to Washington. 00:00:28.020 —> 00:00:29.420 You’re trying to get comfortable with going back 00:00:29.420 —> 00:00:30.090 to Washington? 00:00:30.090 —> 00:00:30.660 What’s the —” 00:00:30.660 —> 00:00:33.590 “No, I’m still going to — I’d be involved with whether I do — 00:00:33.590 —> 00:00:36.540 could I be as effective as I need to be? 00:00:36.540 —> 00:00:39.860 Look, if you just got thrown out of speaker, 00:00:39.860 —> 00:00:42.510 you’d go through different stages, would you not? 00:00:42.510 —> 00:00:45.260 And then you’ve got to turn around and make a decision. 00:00:45.260 —> 00:00:47.250 I don’t want to be a jerk back in. 00:00:47.250 —> 00:00:48.720 I want to be productive. 00:00:48.720 —> 00:00:49.350 I want, 00:00:49.350 —> 00:00:50.270 I want, 00:00:50.270 —> 00:00:53.880 I want to know 00:00:53.880 —> 00:00:55.447 that it’s the right thing to do. 00:00:55.447 —> 00:00:57.780 And then if I’m walking away from something that I spent 00:00:57.780 —> 00:01:00.370 two decades at, I don’t want to look back and say, 00:01:00.370 —> 00:01:01.920 I made an emotional decision. 00:01:01.920 —> 00:01:05.519 So I’m going to take the time to make the right decision 00:01:05.519 —> 00:01:07.910 for my district and for myself.”