[Servant of the Cross]

The reason he resigned, rather, was that he felt he would be ineffective if he won. “I think he saw the controversy that he was getting from charges by the Left, the fact that people were upset with his leadership style, and I think he just saw that he wasn’t going to be effective.”

Wow, what a leader who cares more about country than self!

[Prokopton]

The reason he resigned, rather, was that he felt he would be ineffective if he won. “I think he saw the controversy that he was getting from charges by the Left, the fact that people were upset with his leadership style, and I think he just saw that he wasn’t going to be effective.”

Wow, what a leader who cares more about country than self!

Hardly. The statement you posted was about his decision not to run for the Speaker position. However, he had just been reelected by the voters as their representative in the House, which he abandoned because he could not be Speaker and he didn't want to fight it out with all the other, lowly Representatives. Make me king or I boogie...that's an enormous ego, not concern for his "Country".