Virgil H. Goode, Jr. isn't your typical member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Not only does he reportedly buy each one of his car tires from a different dealership in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, as Politics Prof. Larry J. Sabato attests, but Goode has earned the reputation of a maverick in the political arena.
Serving his fourth term representing the Fifth District, which includes Charlottesville and 20 other localities, Goode first ran as a Democrat in 1996, declared himself an independent in 2000, and these days calls himself a Republican. But Goode's notoriety is not limited to his multiparty experiences