Frankly, this just smacks to me a convenient excuse to set oneself up for failure - clearly with no intention of success to start with.
He can play that game if he wants to, but his little Eddie Haskell/Eddie Munster ass is the one who will come out with short straw.
I’ll see his ass tanked as Speaker or any substantive role in the House before I EVER think this man is on my side. The only ‘side’ he is on is his.
He can take his little smirk and cutie pie crap and stick it up his ass.
If Donald Trump had Paul Ryan’s approach to getting things done, he never would have been more than the president of a local Rotary club.