evidence: The way these things generally work is that enough members of a party ultimately fall in line, for fear of embarrassing their leadership and party. But members like the 18 House Republicans in districts Biden won in 2020 have their own careers to think about. And it’s not clear McCarthy even had the votes for an inquiry; he promised less than two weeks ago that the House would vote on one, but then flip-flopped on Tuesday and launched it unilaterally. [...] He told Forbes in an interview published Monday that he is "not seeing facts or evidence at this point" that would warrant an impeachment inquiry, calling it "premature." He also told The Washington Post in July that the House should instead focus on things like appropriations bills. [...] But then McCarthy did arguably launch into "impeachment activity" via the inquiry. And Hill indicated Tuesday that he supported the inquiry.