Congressional GOP Retreat Shares Space With Tombstone Convention

It was probably a grave oversight.

ByABC News
January 14, 2016, 6:04 PM

— -- It was probably a grave oversight by schedulers.

The Marriott Hotel at the Baltimore Harbor, the site of the Republican congressional retreat, is also hosting the Mid-Atlantic Monument Builders’ Association’s annual summit, and a ballroom filled with the latest samples in headstone style.

But anyone thinking Republicans were worried about any unfortunate metaphors would be dead wrong.

When asked what he thought of the juxtaposition, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy would only say, “hey, it’s a business!”