"...Murtha is one of 12 Democrats who voted against the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill. He's one of four who killed a strong Democratic ethics package earlier this year. He is a one-man earmarking factory whose beneficiaries have included a lobbying firm that employed his brother and another founded by a former top aide.
"...The biggest puzzle, and biggest disappointment, in all this is Pelosi, who was pitch-perfect in her first several days as speaker-elect. Now comes this lose-lose move.
There is always hope for the Washington Post. Maybe Woodward will find someone to rat out a Republican because they were passed over for higher office. Mark Feldt is a long lived example of ethical journalism that was concealed. But Murtha, well, he is hard to conceal.
They went after Curt Weldon? This guy really needed to be
removed by the voters.
Actually, there isn't, but every now and then they get it right. Sort of like a stopped clock.