Appositives

Commute or Relocate? In Capital, an Enduring Question

By JOHN M. BRODER

Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, came to Congress as a single man, but fell in love with a Senate professional staff member, Julia Hart, on a Congressional delegation trip to Afghanistan in 2002.

The comma after "man" splits a compound verb. "Julia Hart" is a restrictive appositive, so the commas surrounding it are superflous. Delete "a."