Local issues are a factor, but from what I can see from the outside looking in, the issues I listed seem to be trumping the rest...and Irey seems to have those issues covered pretty well covered in any case, I figure.
Illness has been one of the reasons offered for Murtha's words and actions over this last year or so. It isn't a factor that I've looked into or considered in any of my comments about this race.
He will lose, Bones, and that's the bottom line.