But this stuff, as dumb as it is, is not remotely the worst or most destructive thing someone in McCarthy’s caucus has said this session. It isn’t even the worst thing Cawthorn has said this month! (Cawthorn was caught on camera calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” who presided over an “evil” government.)

And just how false were his remarks? Of the five presidents Cawthorn has lived through, two have repeatedly cheated on their wives, one or two (depending on whether you believe the Bush reports) have done cocaine, and the absolute best thing you can say about our current oaf in the Oval is that he’s probably never done either.

Everyone knows there’s something rotten in the nation’s capital, but it’s not because of anything Cawthorn said about swingers or blow. The real problem seems to be that McCarthy cares when his inferiors make him look bad, but not so much when they do bad for the country or for the GOP.