He may have looked at what the "super" committee can accomplish and what he has planned for the Budget committee (moving from baseline to zero-based budgeting and other reforms) and what can be done there and concluded he's simply better off staying Budget committee chairman and moving forward that agenda.
That reflects his statements on FoxNews Sunday and the statement released today where he says he asked not to be considered.
Except we don’t have any actual evidence that he ever ASKED to be on the committee. Only someone’s recollection of that.
Look for the quotes. He said he would serve if he was asked — that’s not the same as asking to be put on the committee.
I’ve found no quote anywhere of him saying he WANTED to serve; no quote from the Cavuto show is transcripted yet that says that either.
Since Ryan also said a few days ago that he doesn’t hold out high hopes for the committee, it seems consistant that he didn’t want to be on the committee and would rather keep doing his job where he is.