“They were in a position where they were like, ‘we can’t save Greene's [butt] and throw Cheney to the wolves because that will look awful optically,” one of the Republicans told Power Up. “It's all or nothing — we either have to boot both or defend both and I ultimately think the decision was made for the purposes of party unity that we should defend both of our party members.” “Their transgressions in the eyes of the conference were completely different but the situation was very similar — so we just said, no blood and let's move forward as one,” the second source with knowledge of House GOP leadership's deliberations over Cheney and Greene's fate told Power Up. “They both saved each other in some sense,” the source added.