** FILE ** Rep. Mike Weaver, D-Elizabethtown, talks during debate on the House floor, March 1, 2002, in Frankfort, Ky. Weaver is contemplating a run for the 2nd District seat in Kentucky held by U.S. Rep. Ron Lewis, who rose from obscurity amid an anti-Clinton backlash in the mostly rural district and has since become a formidable vote-getter. Weaver, who served two tours of combat duty in Vietnam, stopped short of declaring his candidacy Friday, Nov. 11, 2005, but previewed some themes for his expected campaign. "I think we need a voice in Congress that knows what it's like to carry a 19-year-old soldier off the battlefield," Weaver said in a phone interview.(AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)