Representative Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker of the House turned into a rolling disaster last week, played out over five long days and 15 rounds of voting. Today, the inside story of how it went so wrong — and what he was forced to give up in order to finally win.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/catie-edmondson?smid=pc-thedaily">Catie Edmondson</a>, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times.Background reading: <ul><li>Mr. McCarthy’s slog to the speakership ended with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/us/politics/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-gaetz-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily">a remarkably public show of intraparty strife</a> during a history-making overnight session.</li><li>The speaker’s concessions have given the rebels on the right flank of his party<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/07/us/politics/mccarthy-speaker-rules-house.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> more tools to sow disarray</a>.</li></ul>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.

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Speaker McCarthy. But at What Cost?

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