Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked any hope of them saving his speakership

• A CBS News interview destroyed any chance that Kevin McCarthy had in keeping his job as speaker.
• Just a handful of Democrats could have easily crossed over and saved McCarthy on Tuesday.
• But after he tried to blame them for the near-shutdown, Democrats voted unanimously to oust him.

On Sunday, Kevin McCarthy — just hours removed from helping shepherd a stopgap spending bill with bipartisan support that eventually averted a government shutdown — blamed Democrats for the near-failure of the legislation.