In case those Irish surnames all sound the same

1. Charlie McCreevy: former Irish minister for finance, incoming Brussels Commissioner for something that sounds very important, and hero of the Wall Street Journal editorial page ("For the past seven years, he has steered Europe's most dynamic economy. His supply-side economic policies of cutting taxes and reining in government spending have given Ireland an average growth rate of 8% a year etc etc")

2. James McGreevey, outgoing governor of New Jersey, in circumstances that are, to say the least, interesting, and most likely not a hero of the WSJ editorial page, but who might be well advised to join his near-namesake in Brussels as soon as possible.