He does NOT represent the people and has no chance of re-election. Maybe that is why he is going out in a blast???
Just like the Japs resorting to kamikaze tactics.
I smell Hillary & Reid behind this shift by Murtha. Murtha brings a lot of pork to the Johnstown area. What do you want to bet that Hillary had the senate start pressuring his 'earmarks' in conference?
Murtha's been flipped to make Hillary's postion look 'reasoned'. She can point to Murtha and tell the Press, "see this hawk over here, he's turned against the war. But not me! I have a secret plan handed down to me by channeling the ghost of Richard Nixon."