Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wouldn't rule out a return to his speakership position Monday, telling reporters that's a decision for his conference. "I'll allow the conference to make whatever decision, whether I'm speaker or not, I'm a member of this body. I know what history has had and I can lead in any position it is," McCarthy said. After a move by eight far-right Republicans to remove McCarthy as speaker last week, the House has no clear idea who to elect to fill the job, an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress that has severely limited America's ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel — or any of the mounting problems at home and abroad. McCarthy jumped into the void Monday criticizing President Joe Biden's administration over its defense of Israel and calling it "wrong" for the House to have no speaker in the midst of an international crisis. "It's wrong, the whole action. Think of the basis of why it took place, because I made a decision to keep government open. What if government wasn't open? How weak would we be then?" McCarthy said. But it's not at all clear if McCarthy could seriously make a comeback — or if any other Republican candidates, Jim Jordan or Steve Scalise — can be elected speaker at this moment as their majority dissembles into infighting. Later Monday evening, House Republicans are scheduled to meet behind closed doors to try to regain control of their majority ahead of internal party voting this week.