Q. Some people have called the chairman's job a thankless duty that's filled with headaches and long hours. Why would you want such a job?
A. "There is a lot of opportunity to bring some of the factions within my party under the umbrella of unity. We've had a lot of infighting in our party for the past couple of years. I do believe we certainly can do a better job of disagreeing without being so disagreeable. Tolerance has to go both ways, for the moderates and the conservatives. I'm not ever going to tell people to march in lockstep. But I will tell people to stop being so mean to one another."
I find this quote really funny because he was never a uniter in the House in fact he was quite the opposite. He was known as one of a group of 9 House members that were holdouts rather than stand united with others. Now he wants to bring people together, I don't think I'll hold my breath on that.
