McCarthy is already compromised. We know he has a gal pal in NC who is also in the house.That's why he is not speaker. But, I searched high and low and can't find anything on Ryan. If anyone here has anything please let me know.
The only thing I found, and it's a stretch, is that he didn't want they job then he goes on a a weekend trip with Mitt Romney comes back and is all of a sudden ready for the speakership.
If you go "follow the money" on that one than maybe something happened but what?
Don't know about Ryan, but he may just be following Mitch's lead to avoid conflict (again). I guess the bottom line is that the GOPe is determined to be in charge no matter how stupid and wimpy they look.