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Just before a hopeful Kevin McCarthy finally got his hands on an all but meaningless gavel, he reflected on his historically tumultuous journey to the speakership.
"It just reminds me of what my father always told me — it’s not how you start it’s how you finish," McCarthy told reporters Friday evening, as he geared up for the 15th round of voting that would mercifully punctuate the GOP’s inaugural embarrassment.
McCarthy is definitely finished, at least in the sense that the GOP absolutely isn't finished with him.
