Congressman Kevin McCarthy was profiled in today's edition of The Weekly Standard. In 2004, I ran a targeted race for then Assembly Leader McCarthy, and I was very impressed by his political sense, desire to win and knowledge of the goings on in California.

The pain of Kevin's loss in the state legislature is moderately reduced by the knowledge that his talents are being put to use in an effort to get us back in the majority in Washington, D.C.

From the article:

Even before he was elected, Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, California, had made a name for himself among House Republicans. He was running for retiring Ways and Means chairman Bill Thomas's seat, and the campaign quickly raised over $1 million--most of which he didn't need to spend in a district that had voted 68 percent for Bush in 2004. McCarthy instead spent his time and money campaigning for more than two-dozen Republican open-seat candidates.

"He helped just about everyone in our freshman class .  .  . showing up in our district, spending some time with us, as a friend and hopefully, at that time, a future colleague, and contributing to our campaign," says freshman Republican representative Jim Jordan of Ohio. Peter Roskam of Illinois concurs. "He had raised financial support for my campaign and delivered it to me personally," Roskam says. "It was not only helpful, but encouraging." Thirteen freshman Republicans were elected to the House in 2006--a year that was extremely unkind to the party--and all have a debt to McCarthy.

Click here to read the full article on The Weekly Standard.