Jordan and his allies scramble to pick up more GOP votes before second speaker vote on Wednesday
If Jordan isn't able to bring 17 more Republicans over to his side, there doesn't appear to be a backup speaker candidate who can unite the conference at this time.
More along the lines of "the American people need us..."
Need us to give their money away.
"We must get this behind us so that we can get back to our good work for the folks"