[PurpleMan]

"Mr. Murtha would have been a farcical presence in a leadership promising the cleanest Congress in history."

Were they writing this before the election?

I'm shocked...shocked that there is hypocrisy the the NYT's!

[gov_bean_ counter]

"Mr. Murtha would have been a farcical presence in a leadership promising the cleanest Congress in history."

Then why is he not unfit to sit as committee chair?