On Monday, 16 insurgent Democrats vowed they would oppose Nancy Pelosi on the House floor. On Tuesday, Pelosi pulled off a one-two punch, winning over a key agitator in the movement against her speaker bid.

Like clockwork, Ohio Democrat Marcia Fudge turned on detractors Tuesday evening, endorsing Pelosi’s continued leadership of the Democratic caucus in exchange for a plum chairmanship atop a House administration subcommittee. Fudge abandoned a possible speaker bid after flirting with a run for seven days, even signing her name to an earlier version of a letter declaring war on Pelosi.