[usmcobra]

And who would those service comrades be...One weekend a month marine reservists that might never have seen Muthra because he was performing an alternate duty while in Washington DC as a congressman?

Or a bunch of grunts that never would have known that he was their intelligence officer or who he was while he was in Viet Nam.

Unlike Kerry who was actually in command of a small unit, Muthra would have been almost invisible to anyone that would be believed if they came forward.

Here he is being challenged by a comrade, a fellow congressman from his state that served with him in the halls of congress, and that former Congressman is also a decorated Viet Nam Veteran.

As long as his bonifides are not challenged, his words that hurt our troops and aid our enemies have weight, and nothing anyone can say on the issue of Iraq will trump his words.

[bcsco]

My understanding of Murtha's Vietnam experience was that he was part of an operational unit. I'm sure there are other unit members out there who can speak to his untruthfulness. If they can come forth for Kerry I submit they can come forth for Murtha. Maybe I'm wrong but I believe it would be far better coming from them than from others who may be criticized as having an axe to grind.

Don't' get me wrong; I'm all for going after Murtha if it can be proven beyond a doubt. However, I think he's more vulnerable on his ethics/corruption problems since being in office, would have a lot more jail time thereby, and what would such an investigation do to Pelosi's Republican corruption allegations?

Think about this long and hard. What would be the best way to both 1) Get at Murtha and 2) Bring the corruption home to roost with the Dimocrats?

Whether Murtha goes down for service fraud or corruption makes no difference to me. It just seems there's more than one way to skin this rat.