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Meehan is the most loathsome of the many Demo contenders from the Mass. delegation. He distinguished himself within days of 9/11 by calling Pres. Bush cowardly for not coming back immediately to the White House after the attacks (even though Bush was simply following Secret Service policy by staying safe until the situation was better understood).

And he's a total hypocrite. Here's the Wikipedia skinny on his approach to term-limits:

Meehan successfully ran for the House in 1992 on a platform of reform. As part of that platform Meehan made a pledge not to serve more than four terms. He won the 1992 election and was reelected to Congress every two years since, including the latest election in 2004. On the House floor in 1995 he scolded members who might go back on their promise to limit their tenure in office. "The best test of any politicians' credibility on term limits," he said, "is whether they are willing to put their careers where their mouths are and limit their own service." Despite this pledge, he again ran for Congress in the year 2000, exceeding four terms.