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Think Progress » Boehner: I’d Consider Stepping Aside As Majority Leader For Tom DeLay

RUSSERT: If he [DeLay] is acquitted and chooses to come back to Washington and wants to become Majority Leader again, would you step aside?

BOEHNER: I’m sure we would talk about it. Tom and I have a different approach.

RUSSERT: You would talk about it?

BOEHNER: Tom and I have a different approaches. But I think what’s going on in Texas with tom DeLay is unfortunate, unfair, and highly partisan. And that’s why I gave him that money out of my PAC to help him pay for his tremendous legal fees.

RUSSERT: But if he’s acquitted and decided to come back to Washington and reclaim the Majority Leader position, you would consider it?

BOEHNER: He stepped down as Majority Leader. He vacated his seat. We had an election and I won. But I like Tom Delay. He’s been a great leader for our party. He’s a friend of mine. And we’re going to continue to work closely together.

RUSSERT: But you would step aside for him?

BOEHNER: I said we would talk about it.

They did a great job with the camerawork...I couldn't even see the strings attached to Boehner.

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