Is he just saying this to get elected OR does he really mean it?
Well, he already got picked as House Majority Leader. But I reckon he sees this as the least offensive way to keep a few conservatives at bay while staying on the good side of the money men that Kabar is rightly talking about.
I'm just saying that even if you are cynical and duplicitious, as McCarthy wishes he was smart enough to be, there is a way to position yourself to make the leftists look bad rather than coming off as a punk and a whiner.
(by 'you' I mean him not you! lol)