31 岁时，汤姆·基恩 Jr. 接到一位家庭朋友助手的电话，询问他是否想接替她的老板进入国会。“他并非不感兴趣，”那位助手告诉我。
At 31, Tom Kean Jr. got a call from an aide to a family friend, asking if he wanted to replace her boss in Congress. “He wasn’t unexcited,” she told me.
就这样，这位众议员的职业生涯拉开了帷幕，他的仕途因家族财富、人脉 —— 以及作为先出生的双胞胎所获得的名字而变得平坦。
So began the career of a congressman whose path was eased by family money, connections — and the name he got as the twin who was born first.
众议员汤姆·基恩 Jr. 继承了一个名字和家族遗产，助他走进华盛顿。但这些可能不足以让他留在那里。
Representative Tom Kean Jr. inherited a name and a family legacy that helped carry him to Washington. It might not be enough to keep him there.