McCarthy Open to Serving As House Speaker Again If Enough GOP Defectors Flip Their Votes

Rep. Kevin McCarthy said he is willing to serve as House speaker again if enough Republicans who voted against him change their minds.

McCarthy was removed as speaker last week when 8 Republicans joined Democrats to vote him out. He had earlier said he would not run again.

McCarthy now says "Whatever the conference wants, I will do," indicating he'd accept the job again.

Two other Republicans, Scalise and Jordan, have launched bids to replace McCarthy as speaker. It's unclear if either has the votes needed.

McCarthy says if he was still speaker, the House would have already taken actions to support Israel amid its conflict with Hamas.