Sorry, he earned that honor through service in two wars. Once a marine always a marine.
Then so did Benedict Arnold and Lee Harvey Oswald. You may honor a perfidious jackass simply because he once wore the uniform of honor. I will not.
According Murtha honor after this stunt is akin to giving a pedophile license to sexually molest children because he once rescued some orphans from a burning building.
May Murtha forever have the contempt of honorable Americans, especially those Americans who call themselves Marines and who live the words "Semper Fidelis" to their last breath--not just until they can trade that honor for cheap political advantage.
Just my opinion, but I don't believe that is the case. When a marine (if you will) sitting in the cushy US makes statements to the world media which puts his fellow marines actually in the field into even more harm's way - he loses that special aura of "marine".
You STILL honor Benedict Arnold?
How about John Kerry?
How about Scott Ritter?
How about Charles Rangel?
How about Jimmy Carter?
All who serve their country in times of peril, at risk to themselves -- should be honored for THAT service..
However -- that "honor" doesn't extend a "get out of jail free card" for actions they commit over the balance of their lives...
Murtha remains a former Marine..
He also crossed the line and behaved badly...
His betrayal of the principals of the Corps, and his less than ethical behavior as a Congress Critter that has drawn an investigation -- indicates he strayed from the path....
Screw him.....
Semper Fi