Boehner's heir-apparent, Kevin McCarthy

The probable next House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is off to a great start.

Seems he made a Kinsley gaffe:

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A Kinsley gaffe occurs when a political gaffe reveals some truth that a politician did not intend to admit.[7][8] The term comes from journalist Michael Kinsley, who said, "A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth – some obvious truth he isn't supposed to say."[9][10]

Now he is "clarifying" his remarks:

Kevin McCarthy clarifies Benghazi comments

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Washington (CNN)Kevin McCarthy, the leading candidate to succeed John Boehner as House speaker, tried to walk back on Thursday controversial comments he made about a congressional investigation into the 2012 Benghazi terror attack. Earlier this week, McCarthy had praised a House select committee's work for its effect on weakening Hillary Clinton's poll numbers during her presidential campaign. On Thursday, McCarthy, the current House majority leader, said on Fox News that he had unintentionally misstated his position. "This committee was set up for one sole purpose, to find the truth on behalf of families for four dead Americans," McCarthy told Bret Baier. "Now, I did not imply in any way that that work is political, of course it is not. Look at the way they have carried themselves out." He added: "That committee is solely to get the truth out, but it happened within the truth you found out about a server," a reference to the private email server Clinton has admitted she maintained while secretary of state. "This committee's sole purpose is to find the truth why four Americans were killed that night, and that is the work they have done, that is the hearings they have done, they have been applauded on all sides of the aisle, so it was never my intention to say that."

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House Republicans have sharply repudiated McCarthy's comments that suggested the House select committee investigating Benghazi had succeeded by tarnishing Clinton, saying it undermined their party's messaging on a key issue and raised questions about his ability to be the GOP's top communicator.

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