Lunatics they may be, but dumb they’re not: How the Freedom Caucus got what it wanted — and ensured ongoing GOP Power

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Yes, it was embarrassing for McCarthy and, yes, it was horrifying to watch from the sidelines as a democracy spectator, but — say what we will about their disfunction — the Freedom Caucus got exactly what it wanted in their speaker-holdout debacle, no matter from which angle you see it.