Both men, House speaker John Boehner and House majority leader Kevin McCarthy, stood behind the pope on Thursday as he prepared to address a joint session of Congress. Boehner cried; McCarthy beamed. The external contrast reflects a deeper
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), left, speaks while flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) during a news conference at GOP headquarters on Capitol Hill July 22, 2015, in Washington, DC. (Credit:
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) 63%. McCarthy, a number of them told me, was “transactional,” meaning they did not think McCarthy was a conservative, but he wanted to get business done and would give them a seat at the table.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), left, speaks while flanked by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) during a news conference at GOP headquarters on Capitol Hill July 22, 2015, in Washington, DC. (Credit:
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy landed here from Los Angeles with a bang: He bluntly warned that Republicans will blow the presidency in 2016 if they don't make some radical changes — and