Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the odds-on favorite to replace John Boehner as speaker, clarified comments he made regarding the purpose of the Select Committee on Benghazi. On Wednesday, McCarthy made a statement about the committtee that members on both sides of the aisle heavily criticized.  He appeared to connect the formation of the Committee with Hillary Clinton's drop in the polls.  Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has threatened to pull Democrats from the Committee when it meets later this month. McCarthy tried to explain his remarks by claiming that the committee had little to do with politics. The Hill: "I did not intend to imply in any way that that work is political. Of course it is not," he added. "This committee's sole purpose is to find the truth, why four Americans were killed that night, and that's the work they have done, that's the hearings they've done.”   McCarthy's attempt to clarify his original...(Read Full Post)