The surprise decision by Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to withdraw as a candidate for retiring Speaker John Boehner's job left members stunned and confused. Has the majority party hit rock bottom? The Washington Examiner's Byron York writes, "Things could get worse." That's right. Because of GOP squabbling, Democrats could take back the House in the next election.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in suing the maker of an exercise resistance band, alleges the band broke or slipped out of his hand and caused "severe pain ... loss of vision in his right eye, a concussion, broken orbital bones, severe disfigurement and bruising to his face, hand injuries, facial lacerations, scarring and broken ribs." Next time Reid, a onetime boxer, will know not to take on an elastic band bigger than he is.

Throughout his presidency Barack Obama has made stump speeches about giving a better life to the middle class. All he has to do is give them government jobs. A new study by the Cato Institute shows that federal employees make 78 percent more than workers in the private sector, who earned an average of $52,688 less than those in the public sector. The trouble with offering this solution is that Obama just might do it.