“McCaul has referred to the petition as a “nuclear option” and stressed that it would be used only as a last resort. But at least four other Republicans told The Wall Street Journal last week that they wouldn’t rule out signing a petition to pass Ukraine aid, and hawkish GOP aides and lawmakers on Capitol Hill privately believe it might ultimately be necessary. “
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1761054689641033946
“it (a discharge petition for Ukraine aid) might ultimately be necessary”
Speaker Johnson might need the political cover, to not go the way of McCarthy.