Kevin McCarthy: Top priority is keeping GOP majority

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday played down the possibility that he’ll be the next speaker of the House, and said the bigger priority for him and all Republicans is making sure the GOP holds onto the majority after this year.

“What means most to me is that in the next Congress there is an opportunity for a Republican to be speaker, and not Nancy Pelosi,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said on Fox News when asked about the possibility that he replaces Speaker Paul Ryan.