Peters Township, Pa.: Kevin McCarthy suffered 14 humiliating defeats before finally getting his opponents to blink. Many who swore they would never vote for him either agreed to do so or to vote “present” so he would have the bare majority he needed to slide to victory.
Bayonne, N.J.: Justice Clarence Thomas has expressed dismay at the recent leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion that would strike down Roe v. Wade, comparing it to infidelity and saying it has changed the culture of the nation’s highest court. If this is the first instance that he or any of his colleagues have noticed this betrayal of their non-partisan mission, then they are all past retirement.