GOP leader: La. lawmaker’s apology appropriate

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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he’s pleased a Republican congressman from Louisiana apologized after a newspaper published a video it says shows him kissing a woman who isn’t his wife. But Cantor stopped short of calling for U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister to resign.

Cantor, of Virginia, says McAllister’s constituents deserved the apology, issued late Monday. But he said he would “reserve further judgment.”

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