Everything open up to the last second, then agreement and joy everywhere: It is quite possible that the debt dispute in the USA will continue as it has in the past. And if anyone knows patience, it’s Kevin McCarthy.
Kevin McCarthy hasn’t been known in Washington for his style of dressing up until now. So it came as a bit of a surprise that later Monday when he visited President Joe Biden in the White House he showed up in fashionable striped socks, yes, there are. It wasn’t the kind of sock that visually yells at you. McCarthy chose stripes, but in shades of gray and black. He had found exactly the right mix of expressiveness and restraint, and if he shows this sense of balance in the negotiations with Biden over the debt limit, the United States may be spared bankruptcy.