Battle Royal

• By Mary Ann Akers
• Roll Call Staff
• Jan. 19, 2006, Midnight

The House Majority Leader race has turned into mudslinging city. In one of the latest examples, a supporter of Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) really stirred the pot when he declared at the crowded bar of Bobby Van’s steakhouse the other night that Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is the “freaking bride of Frankenstein.”