And then frankly, just as significant was the fall of McCarthy, you know, less than two years later, 900 and some odd days. Well, not even 909 months, excuse me. Or so later. And Kevin, you know, that's The first time we've ever vacated the chair, removed a sitting speaker in 235 years of American history. And they had. The guys that did it had no earthly idea what was going to come next. But Logansky's written a really engaging insider's account of all this. (25:22–25:30)
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