In desperate circumstances, Kevin McCarthy worked overnight Wednesday on a desperation deal.
If that deal is somehow successful, based on the work-in-progress details that came to light Thursday morning, House Republicans will essentially be codifying desperation for the indefinite future — making disorder and factional appeasement a formal part of their governing creed.
The bargain under discussion, as described by my colleague Rachael Bade, would give McCarthy the speakership in...