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Calling for an Intervention?

10.09.15 | 12:15 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. walks out of nomination vote meeting after dropping out of the race to replace House Speaker John Boehner, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a st... House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. walks out of nomination vote meeting after dropping out of the race to replace House Speaker John Boehner, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a stunning move, McCarthy withdrew his candidacy for House speaker Thursday, throwing Congress' Republican leadership into chaos. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS

I won’t say no one’s noticed. After all, the arresting nature of the phrase “rock bottom” is the reason Kevin McCarthy’s statement garnered so many headlines. But has anyone really focused on the fact that the pre-deposed Speaker-to-be Kevin McCarthy used a phrase to describe the state of the House GOP most commonly associated with drug addicts and alcoholics?

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