[Soul Seeker]

The top Republican said: "I respect my friend, John Murtha.

Well, I do not. Nor would I ever be proud to call him a friend.

[sgtbono2002]

I always hate the way these phony bastids refer to their sorry assed colleagues as the "Honorable" or the "esteemed" or "my Friend" . Call a spade a spade, call Murtha the asshole he is.